Chrissy Teigen brings her late son's ashes with her on family trips at the request of her two children.
The former model and her husband John Legend suffered indescribable heartbreak when they lost their unborn baby son Jack in 2020.
She documented the agonizing experience in a set of devastating pictures on social media.
As a method of coping with the loss, Teigen's family packs his remains with them while traveling, she told Scary Mommy on Sunday, October 24.
"What felt comfortable for our family was him always being around. Whether we go on a vacation or something, they always say, 'Don't forget baby Jack,'" she said, referring to her and John's children, Luna, five, and three-year-old Miles.
"And then I have to pack him up. And then we get to where we're going, they're like, 'Oh my gosh, he must be thirsty.' This might sound crazy to people, but they'll put a little glass of water next to his little box of ashes. And they really love being a part of it."
Teigen said receiving the unborn baby's ashes after the miscarriage helped them explain the loss to their children.
"It was something for them to be able to put a story to, where we could say, 'OK, Jack is in here and he is going to stay with us."
"And maybe one day we might release him. And he loves that we still think about him, and he loves that we're still emotional about him, but more than anything, he loves that we talk about him. That makes him really excited and really happy,'" Teigen went on.
"So they know that he's still very much a part of our lives."
In the year that's passed since Teigen's miscarriage, she and her family have publicly and privately paid tribute to Jack.
"We talk about him every day. Luna talks about him every day, and that's how we grieve," she told WSJ Magazine in April, adding, "We're getting better each day."
Shortly after the family received Jack's ashes, Luna placed a stuffed therapy bear around the box containing them, Teigen told her social media followers.
"This is the cutest, most beautiful thing I've ever seen," she said.
