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Erika Kirk and her late husband, Charlie Kirk, welcomed two children, a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son, prior to his death on September 10, 2025.
During a recent conversation with Megyn Kelly, Erika, 37, revealed that they had planned on expanding their family. When Charlie was killed at age 31, Erika was “praying” that she was expecting their third child together.
Erika added that she’s now telling other women not to wait to have kids.
Pregnancy would’ve been the “ultimate blessing” for Erika.
During an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show, Erika said, “We wanted to have four. And I was praying to God that I was pregnant when he got murdered.” She added, “I was like, ‘Oh goodness, that would be the ultimate blessing out of this catastrophe.'”
Erika and Charlie got married in 2021 and welcomed their first child together in 2022. “Now when I see young couples, I tell them, ‘Please, like don’t put it off,’ especially if you’re a young woman, don’t put it off,'” Erika told Megyn. “You can always have a career. You can always go back to work. You can never just go back to having children, and they grow so fast and so quickly.”
At the time of his death, she and her husband “were really excited to just expand our family.”
Erika recently said she “romanticized growing old with” Charlie.
On November 20, she celebrated her 37th birthday. In an Instagram post, she reflected on growing older without her husband by her side. “I always loved celebrating you, and maybe because it was a reflection of how beautifully you always celebrated me,” she wrote. “I romanticized growing old with you, the love of my life. I used to wonder what our faces would look like with wisdom-wrinkles.”
She continued with, “You’d always tell me how you hoped I’d keep my long hair even when we were both gray and also that I’d always wear white (because it was the color you loved me wearing the most). We’d laugh about how you’d probably still be out on college campuses in your 80s, doing ‘Prove Me Wrong’ campus events because you loved those students.”
In that same post, she also mentioned their kids.
“And then we’d both start to tear up when talking about our babies growing older and having a family of their own. A full life,” Erika added.
“And today, I find myself, in some way, still romanticizing growing old with you, just in different locations. So as I blow out candles this year with an ache so deep I pray no one ever has to feel it, I’m reminded that each day, each moment, each birthday…you’re with me. Not in the way I once dreamed, but in the way God has mercifully allowed.”
