Pelé’s widow pays emotional tribute in open letter written after the death of the soccer legend
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‘This love will never die’: Pele’s widow pays moving tribute in moving open letter written after football legend’s death
Pele’s widow admitted she feels an “empty space” taking the breath away from her in a moving open letter written a month after the soccer legend’s death.
Marcia Aoki also admitted that it would take time to get used to not having her “reason for living” by her side.
The pediatrician’s daughter, 25 years younger than Pelé when they married in July 2016, six years after they started dating, wrote in the two-page letter posted on the footballer’s official Instagram: “Say goodbye to someone I love and get used to not having my reason for being”. to live, his caring love, his unique humor and his complicity, will take some time.
He wanted a few more minutes of exchanging glances. A few more days to play with our puppy Cacau.
Marcia Aoki (right), the widow of soccer legend Pelé (left), has admitted she feels an “empty space” taking the breath away in a moving open letter written a month after his death.
Pelé’s widow, Marcia Aoki, pays tribute to her late husband
‘I surprise myself waiting for you to tell me: ‘Marcia, my love, good morning. Look how beautiful the sea is today.
‘Despite knowing that this is an inevitable fate for all of us, for me realizing that this moment has arrived is the feeling of an empty space, of absence, pushing down on my chest.
“But there is also another feeling, one of enormous gratitude for being able to share my pain with the rest of the world.
‘We received thousands of messages of affection and solidarity, which filled our hearts with comfort and peace.
“I want to thank all the fans who still pay tribute to us even now, as well as the Santos Football Club and the city of Santos, who treated us so well in such difficult times.”
Pelé’s widow, Marcia Aoki (left), attends a seventh-day mass at the Santo Antonio do Embare church in Santos, Brazil, on January 11.
Referring to her late husband by his birth name of Edson, she added: “Sharing my life with Edson meant a truly unique love story.” Sharing Pele’s love with you too.
‘This love will never die and will continue between us. Eternally.’
The pediatrician’s daughter, 56 years old and of Japanese origin, signs her open letter, “With love, Marcia Aoki, Pelé’s widow.”
Earlier in the day, Pele’s daughter shared a moving tribute to her late father, who died at age 82 on December 29 at the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in Sao Paulo after a long battle with colon cancer.
Pelé, pictured here in 2014, died on December 29 in Brazil at the age of 82 after multiple organ failure.
Pelé’s daughters Kely (right) and Flavia Nascimento (left) with the president of the Brazilian Football Federation, Enaldo Rodrigues (center)
Kely Nascimento said along with a series of photos she shared online of herself with her father: ‘A month without you.
‘A month of many tributes, many tight hugs, many stories told by teary-eyed strangers, much remembrance, much crying and much laughter.
‘Today and always, thank you for sharing with me our sense of humor, our big head, our optimism, our ability to enjoy the simple things in life, our work ethic, our love of hotels, airports and airplanes.
‘More than anything, thank you for my brothers and sisters, for teaching us that it is better to all sleep alone in a room than each one in their own room, that it is more pleasant to squeeze everyone at a table than to eat at separate tables. .
‘In the end: it is always better to be all well together.
‘Thank you thank you thank you forever grateful.’