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**"Forever Loved: Tom Parker's Widow Kelsey Mourns Loss of Third Child"**

The Wanted star Tom Parker's widow  Kelsey Parker has shared the devastating news that her third child was born stillborn . In an emotional post on Instagram just weeks before her due date, the 34-year-old announced that she and partner Will Lindsay had lost their baby, a son they named Phoenix. The podcast host shared a heartbreaking tribute captioned, "Phoenix Parker-Lindsay, you will forever be loved" alongside a poem titled 'For Phoenix, Born Sleeping, Forever Loved'. READ MORE: Melrose Place star divorces husband after 18 years "The world grew quiet as you arrived, So loved, so longed for, yet not alive. Our precious boy, our angel light, Born with wings, took silent flight," read the poem. "We named you Phoenix, brave and bright. A soul of love, of warmth and light Though we never heard you cry, You'll live in hearts that wont ask why. No breath you drew, no eyes to see, Still, you mean everything ...

From Hollywood to Heartbreak: How Becoming a Pet Grief Counselor Transformed My View on Life, Loss, and Money

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Beth Bigler, a former Hollywood executive, gave up her film career to become a pet grief counselor. She started counseling after her beloved cat died, and she got help from a grief counselor herself. Bigler's business scaled quickly — she's hired two more counselors and written a book on pet loss. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Beth Bigler, a former Hollywood development executive who gave up her film career to start a business as a pet grief counselor. It has been edited for length and clarity. It all started with my soulmate, Arnie. Arnie, my cat, was with me earthside through many of life's ups and downs — he was my absolute best friend, my truest, most loyal companion. The sun rose and set on him in my house. But when he was only 11, he got a devastating cancer diagnosis , and when that happened, I just kind of spiraled. I didn't know how I could survive living in a world witho...