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By: Luca Hartmann
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Rosi Mittermaier died in January last year after a long illness.
Felix Neureuther has now spoken about the difficult first year after his mother's death.
Cologne - The pain for Felix Neureuther is still deep: It has now been around 14 months since the former world-class ski racer Felix Neureuther had to cope with the death of his mother Rosi Mittermaier.
Since then, the 39-year-old has repeatedly spoken and openly expressed his sadness over the loss.
He now describes the time after death with emotional words.
“It’s brutally hard”: Neureuther speaks emotionally about the death of mother Rosi Mittermaier
In the
WDR
program “Kölner Treff”, presenter Micky Beisenherz asked Neureuther how the Neureuther family fared in the year after his death.
“It wasn't an easy year, of course,” Neureuther begins, visibly moved and searching for the right words.
“When you lose someone, it’s brutally hard.”
However, there are “many things in life that you have to be extremely grateful for.
No matter what the situation is,” explains Neureuther.
“As a family, we were extremely grateful to have such a person in our family.
From a purely human perspective, there was no better mother for me,” Neureuther touchingly explains his relationship with his mother.
Felix Neureuther spoke at the “Kölner Treff” about the time after the death of his mother Rosi Mittermaier.
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The grieving process was not easy for Neureuther and the family
The time immediately after death was the worst for the family.
“We were very lucky to be able to accompany them.
And then we were able to prepare for it to some extent.
What we couldn’t prepare for was what happened afterwards,” says Neureuther.
Shortly afterwards, Neureuther reported that the family was overwhelmed by the situation.
“Everyone wanted to take us over.
And we actually wanted to deal with it calmly with the family.
It's nice when you get sympathy, but at some point it has to be good," says Neureuther.
It wasn't helpful for the family's grieving process "if you're constantly confronted with it."
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Overall, however, the family “managed well” to come to terms with the loss together.
“We are looking forward positively,” said Neureuther.
However, there are of course still many moments in which his mother is missing "back and front", especially in the beautiful moments, admits Neureuther, who is now the father of three children himself.
His mother was “a fundamentally positive person”.
“Also how she dealt with the illness,” the 39-year-old remembered.
He also learned from her that you always have to put things into perspective.
“There is so much suffering in the world, but we are doing so well in Germany,” said Neureuther.
In Germany, people shouldn't constantly complain and lament, but instead look forward.
“This negative connotation doesn’t suit us well.
We need a spirit of optimism again,” was the clear appeal.
(LuHa)