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Like never before, Linda Rama talks about her relationship with the Prime Minister's late mother

2026-01-20 14:15:00, Aktualitet CNA

Like never before, Linda Rama talks about her relationship with the Prime

Linda Rama, like never before, has spoken out about her relationship with the late mother of Prime Minister Edi Rama, Mrs. Aneta.

In her interview for the show "Aromë Gruaje", Mrs. Rama confessed that during her life she has lost very close family members.

"It brings me back to that interview, to say it more fully. I said there that "a great man is the product of a great father and a great mother". And I believe this. Great in dimensions. Which we also find in everyday life, that is, the reflection of the dimensions of the parent in the child. I touched death when I was a teenager, for the first time. I lost my uncle at a very young age. My uncle was 29 years old when he accidentally left us. And I remember it and it is the first time I talk about it. I have never even talked about this moment at home. But it is a moment that is confirmed for me. I remember when this happened and there was a certain segment of time on that occasion where for me, even as a teenager, the world lost its meaning, it no longer made sense. It was a moment where I said, life no longer makes sense. And that very moment when it seemed to me that the world stopped. Literally, it seemed to me that it stopped. And I have realized over time that that meaning, that segment of meaning, no longer comes. You are no longer meaningful in the way you develop your life. You have it truncated. I have lost Rea's grandparents. They have been an extraordinary presence in my life as well. I have lost the colleague with whom I founded the office a few years ago. Part of the meaning has been lost for me with his departure and I have to find a way to fill this loss, but it is not the same. I have lost my grandparents, all my grandparents. The world no longer has the same meaning as when you have all those who are important presences in your life", Linda Rama confesses.

She further reveals that she had very long conversations with Prime Minister Rama's mother, and in these conversations with her, anyone else was superfluous.

Mrs. Rama emphasized that she misses the Prime Minister's late mother extremely much in an irreplaceable way.

"With Ed's mother, I talked for a long time. We understood each other well, we were in the process of getting to know each other. We took the time to get to know each other. And because of this, we managed to have an intense relationship, and when we say intense, it's not just time, but time lived, time lived with conversation, with thought, with emotions, with care. When we were both with Ed's mother, it was very surprising, everyone else became superfluous and she considered this important. At the moment when we were both, although she could have loved all the people who could be there, it was very natural that everyone was superfluous. Because there were us, both of us. And the conversation and the time and the moment were for both of us. At first, there is pain. When you lose that, it is a great pain. I would not have made this confession and I did not make this confession when it was the first year when this happened. Now I am a little clearer, in terms of how to cope. It's a big pain and you need to fight the pain of leaving. You have to establish a new routine. Because you had lost an important part of your routine. You have to keep other people in balance, Edin. It was a very big loss for Edin and everyone else in the family. Then, you start and deal with the absence. It's the pain at first. The pain doesn't let you feel the absence. The pain and the need to reestablish a new routine. Then the absence comes. You miss her. Then what are you going to do? You're going to start, you're going to deal with it, you're going to find your own way to bring her in. You have to read the signs of how she comes to you. You're going to find that yourself. It's your job. But it's a daily job that you have to do, or whenever you feel this part of your need. To answer your question, do you miss Edin's mom? I miss her terribly. I miss her irreplaceably "Edi's mother. But I have found and am always finding a way to bring Edi's mother into my daily life in any form. This is what I actually did for Edi's mother, I do it for Rea's grandparents, I do it for my grandparents. I find the way, I look for it. I think about how to bring them back. With a taste, with a food, with a conversation, with an object, with a memory, with a story. I find it. Yes, they are always part of living," said Mrs. Rama./ CNA