In a heartfelt social media post, Kostis Katsanevas says his personal goodbye to Margarita Papandreou, who passed away at the remarkable age of 102.
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“You were my grandmother — you were warm, kind, and full of love,” writes Katsanevas, accompanying his post with four photographs. Three of them show him together with Margarita Papandreou, while the fourth captures Margarita alongside members of the Papandreou family during the years of the Greek military junta.
The full post:
I would walk into the room and I couldn’t help but smile, just at the sight of you. And you would say: “Hello, handsome — what are you cooking?” And I would come toward you singing, and you would join right in… “What do you say, aren’t you going to cook something for me too?”
We would talk for hours. I would get lost inside your stories. “How is it possible for one person to have lived through all of this?” I would think to myself.
I would pick up my guitar and sing you a song I had learned especially for you… “The wild ones say only fools rush in to fall in love…”
I would leave feeling full of energy, ready to take on this world — because you had done it. You see, I wanted to be like you. I wanted to be someone who could change the world.
I admired your spirit, your ability to steer a conversation, your charm. You had strength. You stood tall. Your spirit filled every space, commanding every room.
You were warm, kind, and full of love. Now everyone speaks of you as though they knew you. They didn’t know you. They never walked into that room. They never shared our stories. They never sang our songs.
You were my Grandmother. And I am still walking toward you, with that foolish smile on my face, singing some Hank Williams song, waiting for you to sing back to me…
