Emilie Kiser has returned to Instagram after stepping away from social media to grieve the loss of her son, Trigg, on the first anniversary of his death.
“Hi guys. I have missed you and missed posting on here,” Kiser, 27, wrote via her Instagram Story on Monday, June 1. “With that being said, I am so grateful for the time I took off of posting and the way that allowed me to be with my family and feel all the emotions and waves of grief in the hardest month of our lives.”
During her time away from social media, Kiser said she was able to “connect deeper with long-distance family” and take some time away, “which gave us some needed space from parts of daily life that have felt especially difficult this past month and year.”
“We made new memories as a family with Teddy and most importantly, spent time together remembering our Triggy,” she wrote. “I am so grateful for the sweet messages and love that I have come back to.”
Emilie and her husband, Brady Kiser, share 14-month-old son Teddy. In May 2025, news broke that the couple’s eldest child, Trigg, died at the age of 3 after being found unconscious in the family’s pool.
Authorities initially recommended pressing criminal charges against Brady because he was the only adult home at the time of the accident, but the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office ultimately decided against it because there was “no likelihood of conviction.”
Last month, Emilie appeared on TikTok and told her followers that she would be taking a mental health break from social media.
Emilie and Brady Kiser Courtesy of Emilie Kiser/Instagram
“This is the month we lost [Trigg] from a preventable drowning accident,” she said on May 10. “This month has snuck up on us in a way we could have never anticipated. It’s just incredibly hard to process that it’s been almost a year. I’m really struggling. I’m trying to show up still for my family, for my son, [but] I just want to be in bed all day.”
In the caption of her post, which was uploaded one day before Mother’s Day, Emilie thanked her followers for always being understanding and supportive.
That sentiment was shared once again on Monday when she returned to social media.
“I truly have the best community and I couldn’t do this job without you guys,” she wrote. “So, thank you so much.”
Emilie developed a following on social media after posting videos of her day-to-day life. While sharing personal family stories or documenting lifestyle tips, the influencer has received more than 2 million followers on Instagram and another 5 million on TikTok.
