Kaia Gerber has publicly paid tribute to her older brother Presley for the first time since his death on September 20.
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The model, 25, shared home video footage of herself and Presley as children along with a handwritten letter in which she revealed the depths of her grief at his passing.
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'prez, i don't have the words,' she began.
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'how naive of me to believe that language could transcend grief.
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'i've read all of the books and i have none of the answers.
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my articulation is no match against this, the magnitude of losing you.
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It came shortly after her famous mother Cindy Crawford posted a statement to Instagram on behalf of herself and husband Rande Gerber, expressing their devastation at the loss of their only son.
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Kaia Gerber has publicly paid tribute to her older brother Presley for the first time since his death on September 20.
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'prez, i don't have the words,' she began.
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'how naive of me to believe that language could transcend grief
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Presley died of a suspected overdose after going into cardiac arrest while staying at the Santa Monica rehab facility Resolutions Li.
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Kaia poured out her heart in the four-page letter as she reflected on never having known a world in which Presley didn't exist.
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'you know how much i loved being your sister.
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it has always been, and will forever be, my favorite thing about myself,' Kaia wrote.
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'i came into this world with a white-knuckle grip around you.
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i had more love for you than i knew what to do with.
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and now that it has nowhere obvious to go, i'm certain it's going to swallow me whole.
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The heart-wrenching note went on: 'you were my ultimate teacher while you were here, and now i'm left wondering what i could possibly be taught in your absence.
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and i keep thinking about how when we were little, i got scared before getting my ears pierced, so you went first.
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'you always went first.
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but when i held the earring they took from your body, all i could think was: that belongs to you.
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and i really f***ing wish you hadn't gone first this time,' Kaia wrote.
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Kaia shared sweet home video footage of herself and Presley as children.
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'you know how much i loved being your sister.
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it has always been, and will forever be, my favorite thing about myself,' she wrote.
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'you always went first.
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but when i held the earring they took from your body, all i could think was: that belongs to you.
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and i really f***ing wish you hadn't gone first this time,' she said.
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Kaia poured out her heart in the four page letter as she reflected on never having known a world in which Presley didn't exist
Kaia shared that loving her brother 'was the easiest thing in the world.
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'i was born loving you.
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i will die loving you.
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She concluded: 'my best buddy, my great protector, the hardest i've ever laughed and the one true love of my life - you lit all of my candles and took all of my monsters away.
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'and i love you.
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and i love you.
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and i love you.
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only you know how much.
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Earlier on Sunday, Crawford and Gerber issued a joint statement shared on Instagram in which they said that they are 'beyond heartbroken' at the loss of their only son.
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'We feel so blessed to have had Presley in our lives for 27 years.
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He is a sweet, beautiful soul who loved and is loved, now and forever.
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We are so proud of how he showed up in the world, with kindness and vulnerability.
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