Savannah previously opened up about the grief she feels around the holidays amid her parent’s prison sentences, including in an April Instagram post ahead of Easter and her dad’s birthday.
“When you lose someone special, your world lacks its celebratory qualities,” she wrote. “Holidays magnify that loss. The sadness deepens and the loneliness can feel isolating. What I have learned is the need for support may be the greatest during the holidays. Pretending you don’t hurt and/or it isn’t a harder time of the year is just not the truth for you. But you can – and will–get through the holidays.”
She added, “Rather than avoiding the feelings of grief, lean into them. It is not the grief you want to avoid, it is the pain. No one can take that pain away, but grief is not just pain, grief is love. I LOVE YOU MAMA AND DADDY!”