Madonna Shares Photos with All 6 Kids and Her Dad as She Reflects on Recent Deaths in the Family: 'Thanksgiving Was Medicine'

Mar. 15, 2025

Madonna and her twin daughters Estere and Stella.Photo:Madonna/Instagram

Madonna/Instagram

Madonnais appreciating family time a little extra this Thanksgiving.

On Monday, Dec. 2, the pop icon, 66, shared a carousel full of family snaps from her Thanksgiving weekend spent withher six kids— sons Lourdes, 27, Rocco, 24, David, 18, and daughters Mercy, 18, and twins Stella and Estere, 12 — as well as her dadSilvio Ciccone. To start her post, the full family can be seen posing together on a farm.

The singer continues to recall the recent deaths of herbrother Christopher in October, as well as herstepmom Joan in September, sharing, “My Family has experienced many losses this year.”

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She then shares her admiration for Silvio’s strength throughout each loss: “My father has endured with Dignity,” she writes. “Watching him cry in the cemetery when we buried my brother Christopher -right after he lost his wife. Was a moment I will never forget.”

“Spending time with him and all my children on Thanksgiving was Medicine for the Soul. 🍁🤎,” she sweetly concluded.

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On Tuesday, Sept. 24, Joan Clare Ciccone died at 81 “after a brief encounter with a very aggressive cancer,” according to anonline obituary.

source: people.com