2024-08-23 00:07:31
“Living with hope is her greatest legacy, something she embodied in an extraordinary way. She always believed that everything would turn out well and she clung to that hope with a determination that never ceased to amaze me,” said José Pedro Aninat.
Jose Pedro Aninat, husband of Juanita Lira, who died from breast cancer that was diagnosed when she was 22 years old, She talked about how she has tried to move forward two weeks after her partner’s death.
In an interview with LUN, Aninat said that Juanita left her a series of lessons in recent yearsstating that “the most powerful message I would like to share is the one she herself expressed so clearly. Juanita wrote: For me, hope is peace. I am sure that hope can always be stronger than fear. Maybe we cannot change those adversities or difficult circumstances that life presents us, but we can change the attitude with which we face and live them. And I like to do it by holding on to my little piece of hope.”.
The influencer’s widower and daughter of the mayor of Lo Barnechea, Cristóbal Lira, added that “Juanita left me with countless lessons, but the one that left the biggest mark on me and that became our joint brand, iHope, is the power of hope. Living with hope is her greatest legacy, something she embodied in an extraordinary way. She always believed that everything would turn out well and she clung to that hope with a determination that never ceased to amaze me.”
Along these lines, he highlighted the serenity that his wife showed during her cancer treatment, saying that “seeing a person whose body was being invaded by cancer smile with a light that radiated peace and serenity is something indescribable. That hope, which for her was synonymous with peace, is something that I carry with me every day.” Another great lesson that he left me was unconditional love for family, understood not only as blood ties, but also as friends.”
José Pedro Aninat said that, thanks to Juanita Lira, “I can say that I became the best version of myself. I did my best to make Juanita see life with joy, to make her smile, to make her happy, despite everything we had against us. And without her strength and determination, it would not have been the same.” I think the same thing applied the other way around; we were a team, inseparable, facing the impossible and, in many ways, achieving the impossible.”