The Olympic skierdelved into the flood of emotionsthat come with the death and birth of a child onTodaywithSavannah Guthrie, Tuesday. During the appearance, Miller divulged the name of the newest member of his family, 7-week-old Easton Vaughn Rek Miller.
“We see the path forward a little bit. It’s just kind of keeping going and trying to stay positive, but it’s not easy. I don’t think it gets that much easier,” he said.
He also said that his daughter’s presence is still felt in their home, and that his older two sons — Samuel, 5, and Nash, 3, talk about her regularly.
After Guthrie shared that the percentage of water-related deaths was lower this past summer, Miller explained that he “wanted to affect change … My call to action was always for people to address it with their pediatricians. I think that’s the missing link … I’d never heard about it from a pediatrician, and I’d gone to so many wellness visits that it started to be a little bit ridiculous.”
He continued: “No one wants to be negligent. I don’t think we were. It’s more about directing some energy to areas where it can affect change … That pediatrician-parent relationship is really a powerful one.”
Miller appeared on the morning showto promote his organization, the Turtle Ridge Foundation, which helps children living with disabilities access sports.
PEOPLE previously confirmed on June 9 that Emeline drowned in a pool in the Coto de Caza neighborhood of Orange County, California.
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While Bode was not present when the accidental drowning took place, his wife was just steps away inside of the home when their daughter went “missing for just a short amount of time.”
“I wish I could have one more day to hold you, but until that day comes, continue to work through me and give me the strength to bring awareness, my love,” she wrote. “I told youas I held you in this momentthat you could still change the world, you could still move mountains.”
source: people.com
