Erika Kirk shares emotional Christmas message after husband’s death

Erika Kirk shared an emotional Christmas message Tuesday reflecting on life after her husband’s death, saying how faith and devotion continue to guide her as she deals with grief and raises her children.

Kirk, the wife of late conservative icon and Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, shared photos and videos of her two children celebrating Christmas on Instagram and talked about how she balances old traditions with new ones.

“We set this Christmas aside. And while the world continues to be the world again, I loved settling into the space of constant healing, where silence is golden and an expression in itself,” Kirk wrote. “Love from our loved ones has become a sacred and sacred balm for our hearts.”

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Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Orem, Utah, on September 10, at the age of 31; He leaves behind Erika and their two children (a daughter born in 2022 and a daughter born in 2024).

Kirk acknowledged that “life is different now” and sometimes painful, adding that she kept many of her husband’s belongings intact, including his socks, shoes and vitamins, which she described as love notes from heaven.

He also touched on the external scrutiny placed on him, saying “none of it shakes me.”

“Their words, accusations, assumptions and slanders don’t work, they don’t burn. They never will. I owe the world nothing,” Kirk wrote.

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Erika Kirk speaks during a memorial service for her husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Sept. 21. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The TPUSA CEO said he hopes his message encourages other spouses to remain deeply committed to their spouses, even in difficult moments.

“When your heart is determined to let your love story be about deep commitment and sacrifice rather than self-serving, the Lord will use your marriage in ways that are completely difficult to explain,” she said.

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was photographed onstage with his wife, Erika Kirk, at an event in Phoenix earlier this year. (Samuel Çorum/Getty Images)

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Kirk shared videos of her children opening Christmas gifts and listening to carols, and concluded her post by wishing her late husband a Merry Christmas and saying she continues to cherish what she believes are reminders of his love from Heaven.