Bob Saget’s Widow Kelly Rizzo Marks First Christmas Forward of Full Home Star’s Demise Anniversary

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Kelly Rizzo is getting by way of her first vacation season with out husband Bob Saget.

The Full Home star’s widow, 43, shared a put up on Instagram Saturday, when she mirrored on her first Christmas with out Saget after his demise earlier this yr.

“Cherish each single second. I actually did not suppose that our first Christmas collectively (in the identical metropolis) final yr can be our final. (It was the primary yr he got here to Chicago to spend Christmas with my household together with my great step-daughter, Lara),” Rizzo wrote alongside a collection of pictures of herself and Saget from final December.

Noting that her husband “actually left a long-lasting impression that I am so grateful for,” Rizzo continued, “However Bob did that with everybody he met.”

She added: “The vacations are a time for hope, love, and togetherness. I pray that in case you’re lacking a liked one this vacation season, that you simply’re blessed with many deep and loving reminiscences and gratitude that can assist carry you thru.”

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Rizzo then stated that she was “simply so grateful that I received to have that unbelievable man in my life and that I received to be in his for six years,” noting, “There is no better Christmas current than that.”

“Sending love and prayers and needs to you all. And I can’t thanks all sufficient for nearly a full yr of all of the love and help and kindness from everybody,” she added. “It means greater than you already know. I can solely hope to indicate you the way grateful I’m and provides it again a bit over time. ❤️‍🩹❤️🎄❤️‍🩹❤️🎄.”

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Saget died unexpectedly almost a yr in the past on Jan. 9 2022 from an obvious head trauma. He was found useless in an Orlando lodge room the morning after he carried out a comedy set in Florida. Saget was 65.

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After Saget’s passing, Rizzo shared an announcement with PEOPLE addressing her grief, and never-ending love for the star. “My entire coronary heart. Bob was my absolute the whole lot,” she shared. “I’m so utterly shattered and in disbelief. I’m so deeply touched by the outpouring of affection and tribute from our buddies, household, his followers and his friends.”

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Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Photos Bob Saget and Kelly Rizzo

The Eat Journey Rock blogger added, “When the time is correct and when this information shouldn’t be as uncooked, I stay up for sharing extra of Bob with the world. Sharing how a lot he meant to me, all of these round him, and the way a lot all of his followers and buddies meant to him as properly. Thanks for respecting my privateness presently.”

Since his demise, Rizzo has solely gotten nearer with Saget’s grownup daughters, she shared in a Q&A on her Instagram Story. “We love one another very very a lot and speak or textual content each day — and we’re simply so so grateful to be as shut as we’re as a result of it is not at all times the case with stepfamilies,” she stated.

Saget’s 35-year-old daughter, Aubrey, was married in November with Rizzo in attendance.

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Christmas is not the one vacation the place Rizzo has honored Saget. In October, Rizzo mirrored on their marriage on what would have been their fourth marriage ceremony anniversary. “It is so unusual as a result of I hold considering like, ‘Gosh, we weren’t married that lengthy, like, 4 years does not seem to be that lengthy, you already know?'” she instructed Leisure Tonight.

“And I do know that if he had been right here, we’d be celebrating by having caviar and champagne which was — sounds a little bit bougie, however that was his favourite.”

Rizzo made the very best of the state of affairs, toasting her late love at a brand new champagne bar with a pal.