Vanessa Bryant, wife of late NBA star Kobe Bryant, has penned a heartfelt letter to the basketball icon about what his 42nd birthday would have been like.
Bryant on Sunday posted the letter on her private Instagram to her nearly 14 million followers, screenshots of which many circulated on Twitter, saying she loved her husband and daughter Gigi Bryant and missed “more than I can ever explain.”
“I wish I could make your fav food as a birthday cake with my Gigi,” Bryant wrote. “I miss your big hugs, your kisses, your smile, your loud a – deep laughs.”
In the post, Bryant thanks her husband for teaching her how to deal with the difficulties they face, how to be strong and how to “look the best in people but cut out the BS”
She also described wanting to break up but maintain a positive attitude to help her children cope with the loss of their father.
“Our lives feel so empty without you and Gigi. I’m completely broken inside. As much as I want to cry, I put a smile on my face to make our daughters’ days a little brighter. I’m not the strong, that is. they, ”she wrote.
She went on to say how much they wish they could bring Kobe Bryant and Gigi home to surprise their daughters and “wake up from this terrible nightmare.”
In the post, Bryant went on to say that she wishes she would have died for her husband and daughter so she would not have to live without them: “I’m crazy I did not go first … It should have been me . “
“I know my Gigi will treat you like she always has on our special days. I miss my thought princess so much,” she wrote.
She closed the post by wishing Bryant a happy birthday, adding, “I love you now, forever and ever.”
Kobe Bryant, Gigi Bryant, and seven others were killed in January after their helicopter crashed in the Los Angeles area.
Bryant, who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, was 41 at the time of his death and his daughter Gigi was 13.
Earlier this month, Orange County officials declared August 24, the day after Kobe Bryant’s birthday, would be Kobe Bryant Day.
Bryant, a resident of Orange County, California, wore the numbers 8 and 24 during his professional basketball career, which is why the board on the date decided to commemorate him, Orange County Board Chairman Michelle Steel said on ‘ the recent meeting, according to The Orange County Register.
