Audrina Patridgeis still mourning thedeath of her niece, Sadie Raine Loza.
“Every time I leave, even when I drop Kirra at school, she asks, ‘What if you don’t come back? What if you don’t come back?’ So every day when I drop her at school, it’s a kiss on the lips, a kiss on the head, and a hug,” said Patridge on the latest episode of theBroad Ideas with Rachel Bilsonpodcast. “We have to do that every single day, and if we don’t do it, she cries at school. "
Patridge shared that it was the hospital staff who explained Sadie’s death to Kirra and the younger members of their extended family.
Audrina Patridge and her daughter Kirra.Audrina Patridge/Instagram
Audrina Patridge/Instagram
“They had a lot of questions they didn’t understand. They took all the kids to the room and gave them toys to play and things to color with and read them a book about what was going on, kind of explained it to them,“The Hillsalum said.
She noted that her daughter goes to a private Christian school and was also able to discuss the topic of death with her teacher and the school’s pastor.
“I was trying to be honest but vague,” continued Patridge. “I don’t want her to be scared, but now it’s kind of like that trauma of what if you don’t come back.”
Protecting her daughter and teaching her to be strong is something she told PEOPLE in July 2022became a priority since the day she was born.
Audrina Patridge and her daughter.Audrina Patridge/Instagram
Patridge announced Sadie’s death in a Feb. 14, 2023,Instagram postalongside photos of the two together.
Audrina Patridge’s niece Sadie.Audrina Patridge/Instagram
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