Lili, a celebration of life
Book writing and design
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On July 11, 1997, just a few days after I turned 15, my mom Liliana, suddenly died of a brain aneurysm. She was 39 years-old. I spent the next two decades dealing with grief the best I could, but without any professional help. About 7 years ago, my wife asked me a simple question, what was mom’s favorite food? I couldn’t answer, not because I didn’t want to but because I didn’t remember. So, the next day, I started working on a list with all my memories with her.
That’s when the idea of writing a book about her life was born.
Over the next few years, I wrote more than 40 stories of my own, and interviewed pretty much everybody that was close to her. Completing the 340+ pages of this book has not been an easy task, and it’s been an emotional roller coaster. But at the same time, this is by far the most rewarding personal project I’ve ever done in my life. It’s also proved to be a great healing therapy for me, and because of it, I was finally able to come to terms with her death.