Vanessa Bryant, 41, celebrated her late husband, Kobe Bryant, on their oldest daughter Natalia‘s twenty first birthday on Friday. The loving spouse took to her Instagram story to share a message from a Kobe fan web page together with a photograph of the NBA star sitting in his Los Angeles Lakers jersey and carrying the hospital bracelet he obtained on the time of Natalia’s start. The message revealed the photograph was taken someday after they welcomed her into the world.
“At some point after the start of Natalia Bryant, Kobe wore his hospital ID bracelet throughout your complete Lakers recreation,” the message learn together with a purple coronary heart emoji. Vanessa didn’t hesitate so as to add her personal message as effectively. “Finest Lady Daddy,” she wrote with two pink coronary heart emojis surrounding the phrases. She additionally tagged Natalia.
Vanessa additionally shared her personal birthday tribute to Natalia. It featured a video that included a number of completely different images of the wonder all through the years and a candy caption.
“Glad birthday twenty first birthday @nataliabryant !!! We love you a lot!!!! You might be what each mum or dad hopes and prays for. You might be such a wonderful, robust, sensible, loving younger lady with the kindest soul and I’m so proud to be your mommy! I really like you, mama! ❤️😘🎂🎉❤️,” it learn.
Natalia shared the lovable submit to her Instagram story together with many different birthday posts from household, buddies, and followers.
Along with Natalia, Vanessa has daughters Bianka, 7, and Capri Kobe, 4, who she shared with Kobe. The previous couple additionally shared daughter Gianna, who died with Kobe in a helicopter crash in 2020. She was solely 13 on the time whereas Kobe was 41.
Though her life has been tremendously affected by the lack of her dad and sister, Natalia has been creating her personal legacy. She has labored as a mannequin and lately appeared on the duvet of City & Nation journal, during which she opened up about how Kobe’s work ethic has impressed her.
“By way of legacy, my essential objective is simply to be the very best model of me that I presumably can,” Natalia stated. “I simply must know that I’ve to continue learning as a result of there’s no end line. You simply need to preserve pushing and being the very best individual you could be and soaking all the pieces up like a sponge… The job’s by no means finished.”