Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson is grieving the loss of her sister.
Over the weekend, Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell passed away after a tough battle with stage 4 adrenal carcinoma. The family matriarch, Mama June Shannon, announced the news on Instagram before Alana and her sisters Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird, and Jessica “Chubbs” Shannon followed up with posts of their own.
Now, a few days later, the 18-year-old is still reeling from her big sister’s untimely passing — as expected.
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On Monday, Alana took to TikTok to share a heartbreaking tribute set to Benson Boone’s In the Stars, which featured family pics from across the years. You could see Honey Boo Boo and Anna posing for pics together from their early days, up to when the reality star graduated from high school this year. She captioned the post, “How am i even supposed to celebrate our birthday now,” as she and Anna were both born on August 28th — but 11 years apart.
So, so sad.
She followed up the video with another, which had more family photos set to the narration:
“I think I will ask God ‘Why?’ for the rest of my life. And never will i come to understand it. Even if God himself came in front of me and told me the reason, I don’t think I would accept it. Some loves are too hard to bear. And with great love comes great pain. And with great loss comes the greatest pain of all. If love could’ve saved you, you would’ve lived forever.”
She captioned the post, “Why us
Earlier, Alana also shared a candid TikTok in which she broke down crying while speaking about Anna’s final moments — and how grateful she was to be able to make it home from college in Colorado to see her big sis one last time. Watch (below):
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[Images via Alana Thompson/TikTok & Anna Cardwell/Instagram]