How Emilie Kiser Forgave Husband After Son Trigg's Accidental Death

Emilie Kiser Shares Rare Family Photo With Husband Brady & Son Teddy After Death of Son Trigg

Emilie Kiser and Brady Kiser are moving forward together.

But in the period immediately following their 3-year-old son Trigg’s accidental drowning in May 2025, which occurred while Brady was home alone with Trigg and their then-five-week-old son Theodore, she wasn’t sure she’d ever be able to forgive him—until a shift in perspective changed her mindset.

“From the beginning, I felt so angry at him,” Emilie told Jay Shetty during her appearance on his On Purpose podcast June 17. “But I think the biggest thing that really kind of altered literally my brain chemistry and the way I thought about it was this could have just as easily happened to me. This could have just as easily been me and Brady's position.”

As the 27-year-old noted, when she left for dinner that evening, Brady was balancing caring for Trigg in addition to Teddy.

“It doesn't excuse what happened,” she continued. “It doesn't excuse any of the series of events after that. But taking that accountability along with all the other things I know I could have changed gave me so much true, deep, real raw empathy for him of this could have been me.”

That understanding is what helped her through their darkest moments as a couple, with Emilie expressing gratitude to Brady for letting her take every emotion and feeling out on him.

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“Even if I accepted that there was a chance that we don't stay together—this was when we first lost Trigg, that I felt this way—I would be able to forgive him,” she said. “Because I would so deeply want him to forgive me and to know that I didn't mean for it to happen. And that's exactly how I feel for Brady.”

Now, over a year after Trigg’s tragic passing, Emilie noted she and Brady have put in the work on their joint healing.

“I'm really proud of us, honestly, and how we’ve grieved together” she said. “Through all the therapy we've done, I feel like we've really been given tools that, even though our grief is so separate, we have really done our best to come together.”

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She continued, “I feel like we've just done our best truly to really remember that all we have is each other in terms of understanding what we've been through, and how much we love and miss him.”

Plus, while the idea that she’d feel her grief forever felt “impossible” in the time immediately following Trigg’s death, Emilie has learned that while her sadness will never go away, time creates the space for the good, too.

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“Everything is going to coexist with the grief,” she explained. “You could feel joy and feel so much sadness at the exact same time. You can feel support while also feeling guilty. You can feel sad while also feeling reminiscent on the memories. So many feelings can coexist, and that is that is forever.”

For a look at some of those happy memories Emile and Brady shared with Trigg and Teddy, read on.

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