Vanessa Bryant shared a collection of flashbacks on Tuesday on the occasion of her daughter Natalia’s 18th birthday.
Arriving on Instagram, the 38-year-old posted two different photos of herself with her late husband Kobe Bryant and Natalia when she was little.
It comes after Vanessa bravely shared her struggle with grief ahead of the anniversary of the loss of Kobe and her other daughter Gianna, who tragically died in a helicopter crash last January 26 in California .
Heartbreaking: Vanessa Bryant shared a collection of flashbacks with late husband Kobe on Tuesday to commemorate her daughter Natalia’s 18th birthday
In the setback photos shared on Tuesday, Vanessa and Kobe posed sweetly with Natalia at the Lakers Staples Center in Los Angeles, California in the early 2000s.
He headlined it with: “We love you so much! Happy birthday Natalia !!!! Our firstborn @nataliabryant”.
While another emotional touch saw Kobe grab a young Natalia in his arms, Vanessa wrote, “Dad’s little princess, Natalia. ❤️ # 18 #BirthdayGirl. ‘
Vanessa has also shared a sweet photo of Natalia recently while commenting on how proud she is of her daughter after the ‘hardest year of our lives’.
“Dad’s Little Princess”: Taking to Instagram, the 38-year-old also posted a snapshot of Kobe holding a young Natalia in her arms, headlining, “Dad’s Little Princess, Natalia. ❤️ # 18 #BirthdayGirl. ‘
He wrote, “Dear Natalia, happy birthday! Mom and Dad are so proud of the young lady you are. You have shown so much strength and grace throughout the most difficult year of our lives.
Thank you for stepping in to help me with your little sisters. You are an amazing big sister and a role model for so many people. Thank you for being kind, polite and kind in everything you do.
“You have no idea how happy and proud your mother and father are of our daughter. We love you forever and ever, forever and ever.
‘Happy 18th birthday to our eldest daughter, Natalia, our princess! I always love, mother, father, Gigi, BB and Koko❤️. ‘
Proud: Vanessa also shared a photo of Natalia recently while commenting on how proud she is of her daughter after “the hardest year of our lives”
Tragic: It comes after Vanessa bravely shared her struggle with grief ahead of the anniversary of the loss of Kobe and her other daughter Gianna, who tragically died in a helicopter crash last year on January 26 in California (photo together in 2016)
It comes after Vanessa bravely shared her struggle with grief ahead of the anniversary of the loss of Kobe and her other daughter Gianna, who tragically died in a helicopter crash last January 26 in California .
“Let me be real: mourning is a messy pile of emotions,” Vanessa wrote Friday in an Instagram story. “One day you’re laughing at the moment and the next day you don’t feel like living.”
He continued, “I mean this for people who are in pain and heartbreaking loss. Find your reason for living. I know it’s hard.
‘I look at my daughters and try to convey that feeling to them. Death is guaranteed, but living the rest of the day is not. Find your reason.
Emotional: “Let me be real: pain is a cluttered pile of emotions,” Vanessa wrote in an Instagram story on Friday
The message came after Vanessa spent her first Christmas since the passing of her husband and daughter
At that moment, she he posted an emotional message on Instagram, where he wrote, “Always together, we never separate forever in the heart” next to an emotional image of his family.
Vanessa also shared a black-and-white family portrait that included daughters Natalia, Bianka, four, and Capri, 19, posing on the couch.
Before her tragic death, Kobe had called Vanessa her “queen” and her daughters ’“ princesses ”in an emotional Instagram post to commemorate the 20 years they first met in November 2019.
Upset: The post came after Vanessa spent her first Christmas since the passing of her husband and daughter (pictured in 2018)
He wrote: “That day 20 years ago I met my best friend, my queen @vanessabryant. I decided to take her tonight to Disneyland to celebrate the old school style (before the 4 princesses). T ‘I love my mamacita forever.’
Kobe adored his family and, in a previous post after retiring in 2016, wrote, “I’m very excited to see what God has in store for us as a family now that a chapter closes and new ones open.” .
Kobe met Vanessa in 1999 when she was 17 and working as a background model on a music video. The couple married six months later and married in 2001.
They welcomed daughters Natalia in 2003, Gianna in 2006, Bianka in 2016 and Capri in 2019.
So sad: before her tragic death, Kobe had called Vanessa his “queen” and his daughters’ “princesses” in an emotional Instagram post to commemorate the 20 years they first met in November of 2019.
Kobe and his daughter Gianna, an intense basketball player, had gone to Mamba Academy to play basketball when their helicopter crashed around ten in the morning. The other seven people on board also died tragically.
The pilot, locally called Ara Zobayan, was trying to turn the plane when it crashed into the hills of the Las Virgenes canyon, which is home to celebrities, including the Kardashians.
Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife Kerry and daughter Alyssa were also among the dead.