Kate Cassidy continues to maintain Liam Payne’s reminiscence alive.
The 25-year-old influencer honored her late boyfriend on what would have been his thirty second birthday, sharing a tribute throughout Instagram on August 29.
“8.29.93. A big day for essentially the most particular soul. I miss you a lot,” Kate wrote alongside a sequence of clips that includes the One Route alum. “Comfortable Birthday Liam. I want we might have fun collectively. Within the subsequent life I suppose❤️.” Among the many movies was a young second through which Payne movies Kate and calls her “a snapshot of the lady I really like.”
Payne died on October 16, 2024, after falling from a lodge balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His passing shocked followers worldwide and devastated these closest to him, together with Kate, who had been courting him for 2 years.
In a separate submit, Kate shared an extended letter addressed to Liam. “My dearest Liam, It breaks my coronary heart being that I can’t hand you a bodily birthday card at present. That I can’t hear your snort, or let you know all of the issues I want I’d stated a thousand extra instances,” she started. “I’ve been struggling to search out the suitable phrases, however I’ll begin with the obvious, completely satisfied birthday. In the present day, you’d have been 32. In your 31 years right here on this earth you introduced a lot pleasure, happiness and hope to so many- particularly to me.”
She continued, “I hope you understand how brightly you continue to shine, even from up there. I’d surrender years of my life simply to offer you a number of extra. I miss making reminiscences with you. I miss having issues to stay up for collectively.” Cassidy went on to vow her energy in his honor: “My birthday reward to you is my energy. I promise you I’ll have fun you additional at present, honor your life, and cherish the gorgeous instances we’ve had. August twenty ninth will probably be a date that sits in my coronary heart for the remainder of my life. I really like you a lot. Yours, Katelyn.”
Kate has shared glimpses of her grieving course of since Liam’s passing, usually opening up about how deeply she feels his absence. Again in June, she mirrored, “8 months in the past at present, I misplaced my finest pal and somebody I assumed I had a lot extra time and life left to share with.” She remembered him as “the sort of particular person you’d begin lacking the second you walked out the door,” including that life with out him has felt each impossibly sluggish and much too quick.
Payne’s funeral was held on November 20, with household, buddies, and former bandmates in attendance, in addition to his ex Cheryl, the mom of his 8-year-old son, Bear.
For Kate, the milestones proceed to be troublesome, however she stays dedicated to honoring Liam’s life publicly and privately. As she wrote in June, “Sooner or later, I’ll see you once more, and I’ll have a lot to let you know. A lot to compensate for.”
