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Vanessa Bryant tribute to Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant at memorial

Feb 27, 2020
now i would like to introduce you to the person who invited us all here today at 224 because he knew we needed it and we can't celebrate the lives of

kobe

and gigi and all the people we lost without honoring the woman

kobe

and gigi loved most, for favor. welcome

vanessa

bryan thank you thank you all so much for being here it means a lot to us too I love you first I would like to thank everyone for coming today the outpouring of love and support my family has felt from around the world it has been so uplifting thank you so much for all your prayers i would like to talk about kobe and gigi but i will start with my girl first my girl is fine,

gianna

bryant

is an incredibly sweet and gentle soul, she was always thoughtful, she always kissed me She said good night and kissed me good morning.
vanessa bryant tribute to kobe bryant and gianna bryant at memorial
There were a few times when she was absolutely tired of being up with Bianca and Capri and I thought she had left for school without saying goodbye to her. I texted her and said no, kiss and Gianna responded with mom. I kissed her. you, but you were asleep and I didn't want to wake you up, she knew how much her morning and evening kisses meant to me and she was so thoughtful as she remembered to kiss me every day, she was daddy's girl, but I know she loved her mom and she always told me and she showed me how much she loved me she was one of my best friends she loved to bake she loved to put a smile on everyone's face last August she made a beautiful birthday cake for her dad it had fondant and it looked like it had blue crystals aggie's birthday cake kobe ​​looked professionally decorated she made the best chocolate chip cookies she loved watching cooking shows and cupcake fights with me and she loved watching survival and NBA games on TV with her dad.
vanessa bryant tribute to kobe bryant and gianna bryant at memorial

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She also loved watching Disney movies. with her sisters gigi was very competitive like her dad but

gianna

had a sweet grace her smile was like sunlight her smile took up her entire face like mine kobe always said she was me she had my fire my personality and sarcasm she was tender and loving on the inside she had the best laugh it was contagious she was pure and genuine kobe and gianna naturally gravitated towards each other she had kobe's ability to listen to a song and memorize all the lyrics after listening to the song a couple of times . was her secret talent she was an amazing athlete she was great at gymnastics soccer softball dance and basketball she was also an amazing dancer she loved to swim she danced do cartwheels and jumped in our pool and Gigi loved her tick-tock dances Gigi was confident but not in a bad way arrogant way, he loved helping and teaching other people things at school.
vanessa bryant tribute to kobe bryant and gianna bryant at memorial
She offered the men's basketball coaches help in giving the men's basketball team some tips such as the triangle offense. She was very similar to her father and they both liked helping people learn new things. things and mastering them they were great teachers gigi was very sweet she always made sure everyone was okay she was our pastor she always kept our family together loved family traditions family movie night and game night on holidays were important to us she gigi always took care of her All she was very in tune with our feelings and wanted the best for us.
vanessa bryant tribute to kobe bryant and gianna bryant at memorial
Gianna was smart. She knew how to read, speak and write Mandarin. She knew Spanish. She had excellent grades and maintained them as she became an incredible basketball player. She was school spirit president on the student council she was assistant director of her school play as was her older sister she was looking forward to graduating 8th grade and moving on to high school with her older sister Nathalia I am so happy she was given the opportunity to know that she was accepted at the same high school she was very happy gianna made us all proud and still does gianna never tried to settle she was always herself she was a good person a leader a teacher dressed in a white t-shirt black leggings a white jean high top converse jacket and a flannel tied around her waist with straight hair was her favorite style, she had so much style and rhythm since she was a baby, she gave the best hugs and the best kisses, she had beautiful soft lips like the ones that would his father.
Hold me and hold me so tight that I could feel that she loved me. She loved the way she looked at me while she hugged me. It was like she was soaking me completely. We love each other very much. I miss her so much. She had so much energy. She couldn't keep up with her energy, she was laughing, Natalia and I on a track, when she was about six, we let her have a head start, she still tested us. I miss her sweet kisses. I miss her cleverness. I miss her sarcasm. The ingenuity of her. and that adorable, sly side smile followed with a smile and a laugh.
We share the same cat that ate the canary smile. Gigi with sun. She made my day every day. I miss looking at her beautiful face. She was always so good, a true supporter. I knew I could always count on her to do the right thing. She was the most loving daughter. A thoughtful little sister and a silly older sister. She would happily help carry the small bag of diapers or play with them. She liked to help me with Bianca and Capri. Bianca loved going on the playground swimming and jumping on the trampoline with Gigi. She used to tell Gigi that she thought Coco considered her her favorite sister.
Capri was smiling from ear to ear when Gigi walked into the room and Capri reminds me a lot of Gianna. They look alike and they just smile with their whole face pure joy we won't be able to see Gigi go to high school with Natalia and we ask her how her day was we didn't have the chance to teach her how to drive a car I won't be able to tell her how beautiful she looks on the day of your wedding. I will never get to see my baby walk down the aisle have a father daughter dance with her dad dance on the dance floor with me or have her own babies Gianna would have been an amazing mom, she was very motherly from a very young age.
Gigi probably would have become the best player in the wnba. She would have made a big difference. She would have made a huge difference for women's basketball. Gigi was motivated to change the way everyone. he saw women in sports, he wrote articles in school defending women and he wrote about how the unequal pay gap between the nba and wnba leagues wasn't fair and i really feel like he made positive changes for wnba players now that they knew that Gigi's goal was to eventually play in the wnba i am still very proud of gianna she made a difference and was kind to everyone she met and the 13 years she was here on earth her classmates shared many good memories about gianna with us and those stories reminded me that Gianna loved and showed everyone that no act of kindness is too small to make a difference in someone's life.
She was always considerate of others and their feelings. She was a beautiful, kind, happy, silly, thoughtful and loving daughter and sister. She was so full of life and she had so much more to offer this world. I can't imagine life without her mommy natalia bianca capri and dad I love you so much gigi I will miss your sweet handmade cards your sweet kisses and your beautiful smile I miss you all every day I love you Okay, now for my soulmate, Kobe He was known as a fierce competitor on the basketball court, the greatest of all time, a writer, an Oscar winner and the black mamba, but to me he was Kobe, Kobe, my booboo, my baboo, my cool daddy. , I was his bibi, his. principessa his queen his queen mama mamba and his viewski miniski I couldn't see him as a celebrity or just an amazing basketball player he was my sweet husband and the beautiful father of our children he was mine he was my everything kobe and I have been together since I was 17 and a half I was his first girlfriend his first love his wife his best friend his confidant and his protector he was the most amazing husband kobe loved me more than I could ever express or put into words he was the early riser and I He was a night owl I was fire and he was ice and vice versa sometimes we balanced each other he would do anything for me I have no idea how I deserved a man who loved me and wanted me more than Kobe he was charismatic, a gentleman, he was affectionate, adoring and romantic, he was truly the romantic one in our relationship and looked forward to Valentine's Day and our anniversaries each year.
He planned special anniversary trips and a special traditional gift for each year of our marriage. He even made my hand. The most precious gifts, he simply thought outside the box and was very thoughtful even as he worked hard to be the best athlete. He gave me the real notebook and the blue dress that Rachel Mcadams wore in the notebook movie when I asked him why she chose the blue dress. He said it was because it's a scene when Ally returns with Noah we were hoping to grow old together like in the movie we really had an incredible love story we loved each other with all our being two perfectly imperfect people forming a beautiful family and raising our Sweet and amazing girls a couple Weeks before his death, Kobe sent me a sweet text message and mentioned that he wanted to spend time together just the two of us without our kids because I'm his best friend first and we never had the chance to do that.
We were busy taking care of our daughters and just going about our daily responsibilities, but I'm grateful to have that recent text message, it means a lot to me. Kobe wanted us to renew our vows, he wanted Natalia to take over her company and he wanted to travel. in the world together, we had always talked about how we would be fun grandparents to our daughter's kids, he would have been the best grandpa, kobe was the girls dads mvp or mvd, he never left the toilet lid up, he always told them to the girls how beautiful they were. and intelligent that they are, he taught them to be brave and to keep going when things get difficult and when kobe retired from the nba he took charge of dropping off and picking up our girls from school since I was at home pregnant with bianca and just recently, capri, breastfeeding at home, when kobe was still playing, he used to arrive an hour early to be first in line to pick up nathalia and gianna from school and i told him he couldn't drop the ball once he was He took over, he was late on time and we definitely let him know that he was never late so he was an hour and 20 minutes early, after that he always knew there was room for improvement and he wanted to do better.
He happily shared the trip and enjoyed spending time in the car with our daughters, he was a loving father, a practical and present father, he helped me bathe Bianca and Capri almost every night, he sang silly songs to them in the shower and kept making them laugh and smile as she lathered lotion on them and gave them lotion. ready for bed he had magic arms and could put capri to sleep in just a few minutes he said he had done science eight times down our hallway he loved taking Bianca to fashion island and watching her play in the koi pond area and he loved her.
I loved taking her to the park. His most recent visit to the koi pond was the night before he and Gigi passed away. He shared a love of movies and film analysis with Natalia. He liked to leave the theaters and take Natalia to see the latest Star Wars movies. movies or Harry Potter movies and they had movie marathons and he loved every second of it. He also loved her typical tearjerkers. He liked to watch his stepmother steal magnolias and little women. He had a tender heart. Kobe somehow knew where she was at all times, specifically when she.
I would show up late to his games, he would worry about me if I wasn't in my seat at the start of each game and I would ask security where I was the first time after the first quarter and my know-it-all would tell him I wasn't going to lose 81 points in the games. first 10 minutes of the game. I think anyone with kids understands that sometimes we can't get out the door on time and eventually he got used to my tardiness and forgot about it. That he could play at an intense professional level and still worry about making sure we got to the game safely was just another example of how family came first for him.
He loved being Gianna's basketball coach. He told me that he wished he had convinced Natalia. he wanted to play basketball so they could spend even more time together, but he also wanted her to follow his own passion. He watched Natalia play in a volleyball tournament on her birthday on January 19 and noticed that she is a very intelligent player. He was convinced that she would have been a great point guard with her court vision and he told me that he wanted Bianca and Capri to take up basketball when they were older so he could spend as much time with them as he did with Gigi and Kobe, Bianca always said and Capri that they were going to grow up and play basketball and mix their butts now that they won't have their dad and sister here to teach them and that's really a loss, I don't understand it, but I'm so grateful that Kobe listened.
Coco says dad, he won't be here to drop Bianca and Capri off at pre-k or kindergarten. He won't be here to tell me to check on me when we have to leave the kindergarten classroom or introduce ourselves. to our daughter's doctor visits for my own moral support, he will not be able to accompany ourdaughters down the hall or spin me around on the dance floor while singing pyt to me, but I want my daughters to know and remember this incredible person. Husband and father, he was the kind of man who wanted to teach future generations to be better and prevent them from making their own mistakes.
He always liked to work and do projects to improve the lives of children. He taught us all valuable lessons about life and sports through his mba career, his books, the show detail and the Puny podcast series and we are so grateful that he left us those lessons and stories, he was thoughtful and he wrote the best love letters and cards, and Gigi had her wonderful ability to express her feelings and she picks up paper and makes you feel her love through her words she was thoughtful like him they were so easy to love everyone naturally gravitated towards them they were fun happy fools and they loved life they were so full of joy and adventures that God knew they couldn't be on this earth without each other, he had to take them to heaven together, baby, take care of our gigi and I we have nani bb and coco we continue being the best team we love you and miss you boo and gigi may you both rest in peace and have fun in heaven until we meet again one day we love you both and will miss you forever and always mommy you

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