“It’s difficult to keep chugging along when your guardian locomotive reaches the end of the line,” the reality star wrote.

Love on the Spectrum star Pari Kim’s mom dead after breast cancer battle

"It's difficult to keep chugging along when your guardian locomotive reaches the end of the line," the reality star wrote.

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Pari and her mother, Esme, on 'Love on the Spectrum'. Credit:

- *Love on the Spectrum *star Pari Kim's mom, Esme, has died following a battle with breast cancer.

- The 24-year-old reality star reflected on navigating grief in a poignant Instagram post.

- She also noted on her Instagram Story that she didn't expect to lose both of her parents at such a young age.

*Love on the Spectrum* star Pari Kim is mourning the loss of her mother, Esme.

The 24-year-old reality star opened up about navigating “grief and tragedy” after her mom’s death in a poignant Instagram post on Wednesday.

“It feels like everything is becoming a train wreck and that there are two sides of yourself constantly fighting: the sad, lonely girl missing what was cruelly and unfairly taken from her at such a young age and the girl who has to stay strong and positive because she can't give up if she wants to keep moving forward,” Kim wrote.

She acknowledged that “not every train track is a smooth ride” and that “sometimes the going gets rough and you need other trains to help you pull through and carry the weight of the world on your shoulders.”

“It's difficult to keep chugging along when your guardian locomotive reaches the end of the line but you have to keep going somehow even without her,” Kim concluded.

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Esme died at 61 following a battle with breast cancer, *The U.S. Sun* reports. Alongside her caption, Kim also commented “f--- cancer button” on her post so that people could like the message.

“If you still have parents and they are loving and caring to you, please be grateful and know how lucky you are! Time is precious and I didn't expect to lose both of them so young!" she also wrote on her Instagram Story.

Kim’s dad, Henry, “passed away unexpectedly” at age 55 in 2020, per his obituary. He was described as a “quiet and gentle soul who enjoyed spending time with his family” and had “a passion for fishing and boating which he shared with some friends and his three brothers.”

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Pari joined the cast of* Love on the Spectrum* in season 3, where she met and began dating Tina Zhu Xi Caruso. The pair announced that they’d gone their separate ways last month.

Many of Kim’s *Love on the Spectrum* costars took to her post's comment section to share their love and condolences. “Thinking of you a lot,” Caruso wrote. “Know there’s so many people who love you.”

Pari and Esme in 'Love on the Spectrum'.

“Soooooooo sorry to hear about the loss of your mom!! She fought very hard!! Your LOTS family is always here for you!!” wrote Madison Marilla, who appeared in seasons 3 and 4 of the show.

Another castmember, Abbey Romeo wrote, "I am so sorry, Pari. I feel so bad and want to give you and Teal a big hug."

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