Caroline Kennedy is following in her mom Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy Onassis’ footsteps to make sure her late daughter Tatiana Schlossberg’s young children remember her.
“Caroline has to do the same thing her mother did with her and [her brother] John, in raising those kids to make sure they remember their mom — and she has the playbook,” an insider told People on Tuesday.
Schlossberg is survived by her husband, George Moran, and their two children: 3-year-old son, Edwin and 1-year-old daughter, Josephine.
The source — whom the outlet describes as a “family friend” to the Kennedys — referred to how Jackie O kept her husband John F. Kennedy’s memory alive for Caroline and late brother John F. Kennedy Jr. after their father was assassinated.
“Tatiana’s son is the same age that John was when he lost his dad. Tragically, history is repeating itself,” Kennedy historian Steven M. Gillon told the outlet.
“When you think about the losses Caroline has suffered, it was only John that had suffered the same — and then she lost John,” Gillon continued. “For Caroline, it’s a series of horrible personal tragedies that lead up to what may be the hardest of them all.”
In the conclusion of her essay, she shared how she spent as much time as she could with her children before her passing.
“Mostly, I try to live and be with them now. But being in the present is harder than it sounds, so I let the memories come and go. So many of them are from my childhood that I feel as if I’m watching myself and my kids grow up at the same time.
“Sometimes I trick myself into thinking I’ll remember this forever, I’ll remember this when I’m dead. Obviously, I won’t. But since I don’t know what death is like and there’s no one to tell me what comes after it, I’ll keep pretending. I will keep trying to remember.”
