Vanessa Bryant: This Is How She Wrote Her Speech About Kobe Bryant And Daughter Gianna

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For Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant's widow, writing a speech remembering the basketball star and her 13-year-old daughter Gianna - who died together in a helicopter crash on January 26 - was extremely painful, a source close to PEOPLE. She wanted to say "exactly the right thing" during her emotional tribute last Monday. In her first public appearance after the tragedy, Vanessa thanked everyone who has shown her support.

Vanessa recalled her daughter Gigi and the teenager's love of basketball, her dreams of playing professionally like her father. He described her as "daddy's little girl," but claimed he knew when Gianna loved her too.

Vanessa spoke wonders of Kobe as husband and father, ensuring that he would keep his memory and legacy alive for his daughters Natalia, 17, Bianka, 3, and Capri, 7 months. "He spent a long time writing it to say just the right thing," said this source close to PEOPLE. "He had to put all his effort into it."

This posthumous tribute to her loved ones will help her to heal, assures this source: "She is exhausted but she knows that after this she can rest."

Vanessa has been surrounded by loved ones who have supported her at all times since the tragedy occurred. "She is never alone," says the source close to PEOPLE. "There is always someone with her: family, friends, people who really love her."

This person close to Vanessa adds that she is focused on raising her daughters and raising them after they lost their father and sister Gigi. "In the end she will be fine, the girls will be fine."