Elena Akritha on 40 Days Since Her Mother’s Death: ‘Pain Grows Stronger, Not Softer’

Sylva Akritha, PASOK’s first female MP, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, plunging her daughter, SYRIZA MP Elena Akritha, into profound grief. Forty days later, on February 3, 2026, Elena shared a deeply moving Facebook post addressed to her late mother. In heartfelt, intimate language, she described how daily absences — the unspoken routines, shared jokes, favorite snacks, and quiet moments — cut deepest. She recalled watching films together, walking home arm-in-arm, and even waiting for her mother’s call after parliamentary speeches. She confessed she still couldn’t enter her mother’s room — not because of fear, but because it remains painfully unchanged, yet irrevocably empty. Though comforted by family and friends, she admitted the pain intensifies with time, not lessens. ‘I haven’t learned how to live without you,’ she wrote, ending with enduring love that spans earth and sky.