Originally appeared on E! Online
Kimberly Van Der Beek is honoring the life of her late husband.
Indeed, James Van Der Beek’s wife of 15 years shared a series of unseen photos and videos of the Dawson’s Creek alum—who died Feb. 11 following a battle with colorectal cancer—on what would have been his 49th birthday.
“Would be your 49th birthday today,” Kimberly wrote over a picture of her and James on Instagram Stories Mar. 8. “And I’m missing you tremendously.”
Kimberley—mom to kids Olivia, 15, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 12, Emilia, 9, Gwendolyn, 7, and Jeremiah, 4, with James—also shared a video of the Varsity Blues actor “Just a year and a half ago. Doing what he loved. Working this land.”
The mom of six went on to share a slew of never-before-seen family memories with James and their little ones.
“Always dancing with his kids,” she wrote over a video of James getting groovy with his youngest son, later writing “Taking them on adventures” over another snap of The Rules of Attraction actor with two of his toddlers.
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“You are the light of our lives,” Kimberly wrote over another family photo. “Your love. Beauty. Presence. Tenderness. Protection. Safety. Creativity. Singing.”
She added, “I’m so grateful for the time.”
Kimberly—who wed James in 2010—also opened up about her grief following James’ tragic death.
“Baby, you were the best humanity had to offer,” she wrote over a photo of their entire family. “This is a loss I don’t know how to process. I will love you forever.”
Kimberly’s emotional tribute comes weeks after sharing that she and James renewed their vows in a bedside service days before he died.
“We decided two days beforehand and our friends got us new rings, filled our bedroom with flowers and candles and we renewed our vows from bed,” Kimberly told People in an interview published Feb. 17, noting that the ceremony was “simple and beautiful and moving.”
The ceremony came six months after James—who went public with his colorectal cancer diagnosis in 2024—marked 15 years of marriage with Kimberly.
“15 years ago today, this woman agreed to be my bride. @vanderkimberly you are the most extraordinary human I’ve ever met,” he captioned an Aug. 1 Instagram post featuring a selfie of him and his wife. “One day I’ll tell the story of what you’ve endured these last two years and how you’ve shown up, time and time and time again. You have not only saved my life… you’ve shown me what it is to live.”
For more on James and Kimberly’s family, read on…
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