To celebrate her son’s first birthday, Keke Palmer has penned a heartfelt tribute to him on Instagram, where she also opened up about her life’s purpose. She says, “You make my life so worth living, I have always teeter-tottered with life.”
On Sunday (February 25), Palmer posted several photos and videos of her and her son, Leodis “Leo” Andrellton, whom she welcomed in 2023 with her ex-boyfriend Darius Jackson. After making headlines with her ex — involving DV claims, restraining orders, and a custody battle — Palmer has maintained her grace and she continues to keep things moving as a first-time mom, caring for her young son.
On Leo’s first birthday, Palmer penned an open and honest tribute, and began by saying, “Leo Beo!! Happy Birthday son I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. You came into my life today at 3:25 pm, but I knew even before then that you were the strongest person I ever knew. There were so many moments during my pregnancy where your silent strength would give me peace. This is something you still do just with your mere existence!”
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Palmer added, “You make my life so worth living. If I’m being honest I have always teeter-tottered with life. I have just always been so annoyed by it and the ups and the downs and it has always seemed so painful for trivial reasons. Things could be so simple and they’re not and that always gave me a bitter feeling. But since you my son, I have no confusion on why I am here! On my purpose or my value or why I should stay. I wanna stay for you. I want to be here to love and protect you and watch you be the good in this world!”
Palmer continued to speak to her 1-year-old, “You are so special and so precious I would take a thousand bullets to the chest, run into a burning building, essentially I’d die a thousand deaths… or actually I’d LIVE, I’d live a million lives. Even with all the pain and suffering one has to experience here. I will do it over and over again because I know that I’d be with YOU! I will live, I will smile, I will cry, I’ll be angry, I’ll have love, and I’II have pain, I will find JOY. I will do all the things.. for you. It’s so easy to say no, it’s so easy to say GOODBYE. But I say YES and I say HELLO to LIFE because of YOU! I’m so happy for my son. Thank you, God. I love you so much, buddy.”
In another post, Keke Palmer shared a video of her in the hospital with her son after giving birth last year. She captioned the post, “I gave LIFE! Greatest day of my life. Nothing else matters.”
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