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James Van Der Beek<\/a>\u2018s widow, Kimberly Van Der Beek<\/a>, recently penned an emotional tribute four months after the Dawson\u2019s Creek<\/a><\/em> star\u2019s death.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, June 9, Kimberly took to her Instagram<\/a> Stories with two videos featuring her late husband, who died at 48 on February 11<\/a> after a battle with colon cancer. They had been married since 2010 and had welcomed six children: Olivia, 15, Joshua, 14, Annabel, 12, Emilia, 10, Gwendolyn, almost 8, and Jeremiah, 4.<\/p>\n The first clip Kimberly shared was a video James posted on his Instagram<\/a> grid in July 2023. In it, the actor explained an insightful parenting approach he adopted for when a child falls down and gets (very mildly) hurt. \u201cAllow them to feel their own pain \u2014 and watch how quickly they get over it on their own,\u201d she wrote, quoting her late husband.<\/p>\n On her Instagram Stories, Kimberly posted a second clip that James shared on Instagram<\/a> in March 2023. \u201cI am so blessed I got to be married to this man and go through pregnancy loss and having babies with him,\u201d she captioned the update.<\/p>\n The video, from her Bathroom Chronicles<\/em> podcast, featured James speaking about the language surrounding pregnancy loss and how it inadvertently places blame on women.<\/p>\n \u201cI still have a whole beef with the word \u2018miscarriage\u2019 because in a weird, insidious way, it puts guilt on the woman,\u201d he pointed out. \u201cWe didn\u2019t say, \u2018Oh, the baby was lost.\u2019 No, \u2018She miscarried.\u2019\u2026 It\u2019s nothing that the woman has done in, like, all but the most extreme circumstances, from what I\u2019ve been told by doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n Dawson\u2019s Creek<\/em> aired for six seasons from 1998 to 2003. In the teen drama series, James played the titular character, Dawson Leery. The show also starred Katie Holmes<\/a>, Michelle Williams<\/a>, Joshua Jackson<\/a>, Mary Beth Peil, Kerr Smith<\/a>, Mary-Margaret Humes<\/a>, Nina Repeta, and John Wesley Shipp<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n Dawson\u2019s Creek<\/em>, streaming on Netflix, Tubi, Disney+, and Hulu<\/strong><\/p>\n Read the latest entertainment news on TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n