Kelly Preston died in 2020 after two years of fighting breast cancer. Here, Ella Bleu, Preston’s daughter with John Travolta, remembers her mother.
Little Bird” is a lullaby written in memory of Preston, four years after her death, and is the 24-year-old’s newest song, he announced on social media Friday. The video for the song features a montage of never-seen family photos from the Travolta family’s early years up to more current times.
“Little bird don’t you cry / Would you stay awhile before I fly? /” she says, her voice singing the words. Shut your eyes / Would you please grin / It will be okay, sing a lullaby. What should I say? What’s true? What is mine when everyone tells me how to feel? How should I speak?
“How do I know? / How do I grow? / I’ll just take it day by day / But I just need to hear you say / My little bird, don’t you cry, hear my lullaby it’ll be alright / Little bird how you’ve grown / But somehow you still think, that you’re on your own / With any voice that you choose, just remember it’s a gift I gave to you.”
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“I know it’s always been us two / I’ll sing this lullaby for you.”
Fans responded to the song and the video in a wave, complimenting Ella on her openness.
“I couldn’t watch this without crying,” one fan wrote. “Thank you for sharing these beautiful memories with us of your beautiful mom and family.”
“That was the most beautiful post I’ve seen on here in a long time,” another wrote. “Precious. Your family is so full of love. Hang onto that love sweet girl, take it with you wherever you go whatever you do.”
Following a two-year fight with breast cancer, Preston passed away in 2020.
At the time, Travolta shared the news of his wife’s passing on Instagram.
“It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer,” Travolta wrote.
“She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many,” he added. “My family and I will forever be grateful to her doctors and nurses at MD Anderson Cancer Center, all the medical centers that have helped, as well as her many friends and loved ones who have been by her side.”
Ella paid her own respects to her “courageous” mother shortly after.
“I have never met anyone as courageous, strong, beautiful and loving as you,” she began the post, sharing the same photo that her father did. “Anyone who is lucky enough to have known you or to have ever been in your presence will agree that you have a glow and a light that never ceases to shine and that makes anyone around you feel instantly happy.”
“Thank you for being there for me no matter what. Thank you for your love. Thank you for your help and thank you for making this world a better place,” she wrote. “You have made life so beautiful and I know you will continue to do so always. I love you so much mama.”
Ella, 24, and Ben, 13, are shared by Travolta and Preston. 2009 saw the death of their oldest son, Jett, due to a seizure.
