Billie Lourd opens up about her ‘deeper appreciation’ of life eight years after mother Carrie Fisher’s death The ‘Star Wars’ star died in December 2016 at the age of 60 after suffering a stroke.
In the caption, she acknowledged how it’d been eight years since her mother passed and how she “always dreads” the anniversary of the Star Wars actor’s death.
The lengthy caption then included a quote from novelist Anne Lamott about grief and how it is similar to “having a broken leg that never heals perfectly.” Meaning, that feelings of grief still hurt but “you learn to dance with the limp.”.
“Yes the grief weather is cold and yes I may have a limp but I am absolutely dancing through life (oops I quoted wicked?
The Ticket to Paradise star went on to describe the anniversary of her mother’s death as “an emotional tropical storm.”.
