Back in June, Kim—also mom to North, 12, Saint, 9, and Chicago, 7—shared Lindsay had died while reposting a fundraiser honoring Lindsay’s memory. Just a few weeks later, Kim penned an emotional message on what would have been Lindsay’s 45th birthday, explaining how she “waited months to post this, mostly because I couldn’t find the right words.”
“It was just your birthday and I know you never liked to make a big deal of it, but Happy Heavenly Birthday, Lindz,” Kim wrote in a July Instagram post full of photos from a 2024 lake trip with Lindsay and their friend group’s families. “Nothing really captures how quiet and empty our lifers chat feels without you in it.”
The SKIMS founder then went on to share how after Lindsay’s death, she had gone back to the lake with the other “lifers” and spent that time “feeling you everywhere.”
“The lake was your happy place. It made you feel lighter, healthier… you were you. It’ll always be our favorite lifers tradition because it’s where we spend time with all of our kids being together and get real time with each other without any outside noise,” she wrote. “We felt your absence this year in every sunset, every laugh, every quiet moment.”
