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Kamala Harris took to her personal Instagram feed on Friday with a post remembering someone very special. The Vice President of America shared photos from her childhood alongside her late mother, Shyamala Harris, who she lost to colon cancer in 2009.MORE: VP Kamala Harris surprises childhood friend with unexpected phone callKamala paid tribute on World Cancer Day and her message had fans sending prayers. WATCH: President Joe Biden surprises Kamala Harris on her birthday She wrote: "I miss my mother every day, and I carry her memory with me wherever I go."When President Biden launched his Cancer Moonshot five years ago, I, of course, thought of my mother.

Kamala Harris has always been full of praise for her late mother Shyamala Gopalan Harris, but this week the US Vice President-elect decided to shine a spotlight on another woman who acted as her "second mother" figure.Taking to Instagram ahead of next week's inauguration, Kamala said she would be sharing the people, places, and moments that influenced her life.

Throughout the 2020 election season, California senator (and now Vice President-elect) Kamala Harris often invoked her biracial background and immigrant parents as part of her bid for the White House. "To the woman most responsible for my presence here today, my mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who is always in our hearts," Kamala said of her late mother during her victory speech.