Jade Roper Tolbert is counting her blessings this Thanksgiving.
The Bachelor in Paradise alum, 36, shared a slideshow of photos of sons Reed, 2, and Brooks, 3, and daughter Emerson, 5, with her husband (and ex Bachelor contestant) Tanner Tolbert, because she celebrated the holiday with a lot of gratitude.
Along with several photos of a family of five from a shoot in a peaceful meadow, she reflected on her mother’s experience and wrote that she had “a lot to be grateful for this year.”
“I’m grateful for their abundance of laughter, hugs, energy (yes, even that haha) and love,” she continued. “I can’t believe I’ve become their safe place. Even when the days are hard, my gratitude is what brings me back to what’s really important. Them.”
Photos captured Emerson walking through wildflowers in a floral print dress, all three children holding their dad, and even Roper Tolbert and her husband enjoying a dance together in the picturesque scenery.
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Roper Tolbert and her husband met on a reality TV show Bachelor in Paradise, where they left the show engaged. They got married in 2016.
The couple recently suffered heartbreak, revealing the miscarriage in an emotional Instagram post, writing: “I was struggling with what to write here while going through the miscarriage.”
“It felt like all my dreams were coming true to welcome another baby into our lives, to love and complete our family,” she continued. “Although our hearts are completely broken and we are dealing with deep and complex grief over his loss, we were blessed to be touched by his soul in his short time. I am forever changed.”
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Jade Roper Tolbert.
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The grieving mum shared a photo of herself lying in a hospital bed with tears in her eyes ahead of her final procedure on that journey.
In the caption of the shot, she wrote: “Well, here we are. I didn’t want or expect it to go this way, but it did. I wanted so badly to bury him under the beautiful tree in our yard, to see any part of his tiny body, which is why I lasted so long trying to trust my body. But it’s time for me to heal and get on the other side of this loss.”
Roper Tolbert continued, “I was trying to protect my peace and respect my baby, so I was just sharing bits and pieces here and there to maybe help someone else feel less alone through this. I see you, I feel your pain and I love you .”
“And Beau, I carried your body for almost 5 months, your soul a little less, but I carry you with me in my heart everywhere and forever,” she concluded.
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