Selena Gomez's mom honors the daughter she lost to miscarriage in an emotional post

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Selena Gomez's mother Mandy Teefey took to Instagram to write a heartbreaking Instagram post in honor of the daughter she lost to a miscarriage in 2011

The 41-year-old shared a series of photos which included one of her holding Gomez as an infant and one showing Gomez with her hand resting on her mother's pregnant belly. In the post's caption, she thanked Gomez's fans for their support over the years.

"Thank you to all the fans who honored our Scarlett yesterday," she wrote. "Dec 17th will never be the same, but we decide to celebrate her by writing her letters on red balloons and releasing them."

But she added that the date is now bittersweet because the cast of "13 Reasons Why" wrapped filming season two on that emotional day this year.

"She was there in spirit as always," Teefey wrote. "A mom's love for their children is pretty fierce. In order of my girls, Selena, Scarlett and Gracie. Family is what matters, blood or not, #family13 made me smile and feel loved when so needed and they didn’t know." 

Thank you to all the fans who honored our Scarlett yesterday. Dec 17th will never be the same, but we decide to celebrate her by writing her letters on red balloons and releasing them. Now the 17th is intertwined with the wrap of S2. So, she was there in spirit as always. A moms love for their children is pretty fierce. In order of my girls, Selena, Scarlett and Gracie. Family is what matters, blood or not, #family13 made me smile and feel loved when so needed and they didn’t know. Then, I came home to Brian and Gracie to send our love to Scarlett. Fans, I want you to know you are family because I have a huge family and you are the only ones who remember! XO forever.

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She ended the day with her husband and 4-year-old daughter Grace, but still sent love and appreciation to the fans. 

"Fans, I want you to know you are family because I have a huge family and you are the only ones who remember! XO forever."

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