Kaitlyn Dever.Photo:Jamie McCarthy/Getty
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Kaitlyn Deveris mourning her mother Kathy, whom she called her “best friend,” after she died from breast cancer.
On Wednesday, the 27-year-oldTicket to Paradiseactress shared throwbackphotosof her mother on Instagram while writing about missing her late mom.
“My mama. My life. My everything. I don’t even have the words,” wrote Dever. “Nothing I’ll ever say will amount to the gifts you have given me in my life, the boundless joy you brought, the deep, endless, unconditional love you gave me and our family.”
TheBooksmartactress said her mom’s love “was like sunshine, warmed me when I needed it the most and made me smile when I was ever sad.”
“You were everyone’s favorite. You are my favorite,” wrote Dever. “The sweetest in the world. I will be broken forever without you and I don’t know how I’ll go on.”
The Emmy nominee shared she’ll have support in her dad and siblings Mady and Jane.
“We’ll always have each other to lean on because of you. You were the greatest mom and wife anyone could ever ever ask for,” Dever wrote. “Thank you for fighting so hard for us for so long. I am forever, forever, grateful for the special time we got to spend with you, sweet mama…it will never be enough.”
“I miss your smile, your sense of humor, your hugs, your kisses, getting to hold your hand, more than anything in the world,” she added. “You made everything better. My sweetest, beautiful girl. My best friend. Oh how much I love you. What a gift it is to love you. I love you forever and ever, Mom.”
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Back in 2020,Dever wrote on Instagramabout her mom “battling Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer for 10 years now.” The star shared that Kathy was diagnosed at 39 and “every day since has been a terrifying battle.”
“Some days are so so scary that I don’t even know how to feel anymore, and other days she has a positive appointment and then it’s a gooood day,” she wrote at the time. “Every day is different and we’ve gotten through it together as a family.”
TheUnbelievableactress called her mom the “strongest woman I know and every day I am grateful for the doctors that have taken such good care of her over the years.”
She added at the time, “Cancer is so unbearably scary. I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s like to live with this disease but I do know what it’s like to watch someone you love go through the pain. My heart is with anyone has to deal with the burden that is cancer. Let’s get checked and encourage those we love to get checked as well.”
Dever’s sister Madywrotea tribute to their mom on Instagram Wednesday as well, saying, “Thank you for fighting so hard to stay here on this earth with us, for giving me my sisters and dad, and for being the most beautiful person inside and out that I will ever know. I love you endlessly.”
source: people.com
