A Son's Farewell: Remembering Gabriella Sturani

“Hi Mom, I don’t even know where to start. For sure, I know I wasn’t ready Mom, not like this, not in 10 days.” This is how Lorenzo Rossi, son of Vasco Rossi, begins his long and moving Instagram post dedicated to the passing of his mother Gabriella Sturani, known as 'Gabry' in the Italian rockstar’s song. In the posted photo, there is him as a child in his mother's arms on the day of his baptism, thus evoking the unconditional love between a parent and a child. “Today it was there, me and Carlotta,” Lorenzo recounts, and “when you saw us worried, you managed with your last strength to tell us: 'Calm.' A word that now ‘will be the blanket I will put on when I’m cold’ and that ‘I will continue to use to dry my tears.’” Gabriella Sturani dead, who was the ex of Vasco Rossi and mother of his son. The singer: “I thought I would have died before her.” In those last moments where we were holding your hands, we managed to tell you that we were proud of you,” the son continues, and above all “I managed to tell you the most important thing for me: if today I love my daughters so much it’s only thanks to you, who taught me how to love a child unconditionally. The most important lesson.” After these words, “a single tear fell,” writes Lorenzo, who adds: “Please come and tell me that it was a tear of joy, don’t leave me with this doubt.” Lorenzo's tribute is a journey through shared memories and feelings, revealing a deep and complex bond between mother and son. “We loved each other so much Mom, hated each other so much and loved each other so much again, a strong love impossible to tell. Maybe even too strong.” And again: “you weren’t the perfect mom, I wasn’t the perfect son and now that you are no more I am overwhelmed by a million guilt feelings that you can’t even imagine Mom.” In his long message, Lorenzo remembers his mother as a warrior, a woman who faced life's challenges “always with her head held high, proud and proud to be the Gabri that we all know. And how many knew you Mom, all your fans who loved you so much and who will continue to love you forever, many girls and women who saw themselves in the song that Dad dedicated to you and who will never forget you.” And, finally, the last request: “Say hi to the grandparents and let me know, don’t leave me with the doubt of that tear please.”