Vanessa and Kobe Bryant in 2019.Photo: Stefanie Keenan/Getty
Vanessa Bryantis looking back on a sweet memory with her late husband,Kobe Bryant, ahead of the second anniversary of hisdeath.
Vanessa, 39, posted a throwback video toInstagramWednesday of herself and Kobe singing. In the clip, she and Kobe sing and jam along to Mary J. Blige, who is performing in the background.
She captioned the clip, “❤️💔Happy birthday MJB. ❤️,” marking Blige’s 51st birthday, which she celebrated Tuesday.
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Kobe was 41 and Gianna was 13 at the time of their deaths. Last year, tomarkthe first anniversary of the tragic crash, Vanessaposteda note to Instagram from one of Gianna’s friends.
“Today I received this sweet letter from one of Gianna’s best friends, Aubrey,” Vanessa captioned the post. “I love you Aubz (as my Gigi would call you). Thank you so much for beautifully sharing some of your memories of my Gigi with me and allowing me to share them here on my ig.”
Vanessa and Kobe Bryant.Nicholas Hunt/Getty
Vanessaopened upabout life after loss in an interview with PEOPLE in March 2021, admitting at the time, “I can’t say that I’m strong every day. I can’t say that there aren’t days when I feel like I can’t survive to the next.”
“This pain is unimaginable [but] you just have to get up and push forward,” she said. “Lying in bed crying isn’t going to change the fact that my family will never be the same again. But getting out of bed and pushing forward is going to make the day better for my girls and for me. So that’s what I do.”
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In May, Vanessacelebratedwhat would have been Gianna’s 15th birthday. She shared an old photo of herself and her late daughter onInstagram, writing in the caption, “Dear Gianna, Happy 15th Birthday! ❤️😘I love you!”
“I miss you everyday! I wish you were here with us,” she added. “There are no words to express how much I miss you. I love you Mamacita!”
source: people.com
