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Lilia's family share new images as they prepare a lasting tribute in her name

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00:01 12/08/2022

2022.08.11 Lilia 5.jpg The family of nine-year-old Lilia Valutyte have shared new images of the girl they say “always tried to make fun” as they plan to create a statue of her.

The pictures show Lilia dressed in a blue bubble suit, at a bike show in Boston, larking about in the kitchen, at an aquarium, and at a dance competition sharing a hug with her sister.

All show a smiling girl, one whose possibility, achievements and wishes have ended at the age of nine. Mum Lina and stepfather Aurelijus say the statue will become a lasting tribute to their daughter.

Speaking quietly as younger sister Liepa, three, played with a balloon from Frozen, Lina said that as parents they want to look forwards as they remember her, and they are calling on others to do the same. It is hoped the statue will be installed in Boston town centre, close to the street where she lost her life.

Lina said: “Lilia was grown in that street, every week she spent down there playing, and it happened next to the window.

“The memorial is a way for her to still be there, and we’re now fundraising to get it.”

The statue will either take the form of an angel with Lilia’s face, or it will take her full likeness. 

A close family friend has set up the fundraising page through Just Giving, and donations can be made via that website.  

It is fitting for the memorial statue to be placed in Boston, the family say, as Lilia lived there nearly all her life in the town. Born at Boston Pilgrim Hospital, Lilia most recently attended Boston Pioneers Academy in Fydell Crescent, and prior to that was a pupil at Carlton Road Academy. The family had moved away for a short time, but came back to the town.

Adding his own memories as Lina smiled and nodded, Aurelijus added: “She was cheeky; quiet in one way and then other ways she wasn't. She always tried to make fun.”  

It is the normalcy of everyday life that will no longer be experienced which is hard for the family to deal with. Lina added: "It’s hard to know what to say. She was just a normal child, one day she’s happy and another she isn’t, one day she wants to eat pancakes and another she doesn’t - the usual things. She loved to dance, travel and try new things, and annoy her sister.  She wanted to go to Italy, so we will probably go anyway next year.”

The family remain private about the more personal details of Lilia’s life, and their memories of her. “There are so many things we could say, but we are not going to talk a lot about who she was and share those stories from our home; they are ours and we want to keep them for us,” said Lina. “You find yourself looking for her everywhere. We had four corners and now one is gone.”

Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made. 

If you want to donate to the statue, please visit the Just Giving page.

 

Devynmetės Lilios Valutytės šeima pasidalino naujomis mergaitės nuotraukomis, kuri pasak jų “visada stengėsi linksminti” planuodami sukurti jos statulą.

Nuotraukose matome Lilią dėvinčią mėlyną burbulinį kostiumą, motociklų parodoje Bostone, išdykaujančią virtuvėje, akvariume ir šokių konkurse, kuriame ją matome apsikabinusią savo sesę.

Visose nuotraukose matome besišypsančią mergaitę, mergaitę, kurios galimybės, pasiekimai ir norai baigėsi, kai jai tebuvo devyneri. Mama Lina ir patėvis Aurelijus teigia, kad statula taps ilgalaike dovana jų dukrai.

Tyliai kalbėdama, kol jaunesnioji sesuo Liepa, kuriai yra treji metai, žaidė su balionu iš “Ledo Šalies”, Lina sakė, kad kaip tėvai jie nori žiūrėti į priekį ją prisimindami ir jie ragina kitus daryti tą patį. Tikimasi, kad statula bus pastatyta Bostono miesto centre, netoliese gatvės, kurioje ji neteko gyvybės.

Lina sakė: “Lilia užaugo toje gatvėje, kiekvieną savaitę ji praleisdavo ten žaisdama ir tai įvyko šalia lango.”

“Memorialas yra būdas, kuriuo ji gali vis dar ten būti ir dabar mes renkame lėšas jo statybai.”  

Statula bus arba angelo pavidalo su Lilios veidu, arba bus visiškai panaši į ją.

Artimas šeimos draugas sukūrė lėšų rinkimo puslapį per Just Giving ir paaukoti galima toje interneto svetainėje.   

Bus tinkama, jeigu memorialinė statula bus pastatyta Bostone, teigia šeima, nes Lilia pragyveno beveik visą savo gyvenimą Bostone. Gimusi Bostono Piligrim Ligoninėje, Lilia pastaruoju metu lankė Boston Pioneers Akademiją Fydell Crescent, o prieš tai buvo Carlton Road Akademijos mokinė. Šeima buvo trumpam laikui persikėlusi gyventi kitur, tačiau grįžo į miestą.

Prisidėdamas savo paties prisiminimais kol Lina šypsojosi ir linksėjo galva, Aurelijus sakė: “Ji buvo šelmiška; iš vienos pusės tyli, iš kitos kaip tik ne. Ji visada stengėsi linksminti.”

Tai kasdienybės normalumas, kuris nebebus patiriamas, su kuo šeimai yra sunku susitvarkyti. Lina pridėjo: “Sunku žinoti ką pasakyti. Ji tiesiog buvo normalus vaikas, vieną dieną ji laiminga, o kitą ne, vieną dieną ji nori valgyti blynus, o kitą nenori - įprasti dalykai. Ji mėgo šokti, keliauti ir išbandyti naujus dalykus ir erzinti savo sesę. Ji norėjo nuvykti į Italiją, taigi mes tikriausiai vistiek ten keliausime kitais metais.”

Šeima neviešina asmeniškesnių Lilios gyvenimo detalių, ir savo prisiminimų apie ją. “Yra tiek daug dalykų, kuriuos galėtume pasakyti, bet mes daug nekalbėsime apie tai kas ji buvo ir nesidalinsime tomis istorijomis iš savo namų; jos yra mūsų ir mes norime tas istorijas pasilikti sau,” sako Lina. “Suvoki, kad imi visur jos ieškoti. Mes turėjome keturis kampus, o dabar vieno trūksta.”

Laidotuvės dar nėra suorganizuotos.

Jeigu norite paaukoti Just Giving puslapyje, prašome apsilankyti https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/dmitrij-kondratcik?

utm_term=NzvBVBE6Z&fbclid=IwAR3NGWTG2FggO3XFDyiX30gfHaOm_zr1veDXOyKS14cKM728UO_k7kcvipo 

PASTABA: žiniasklaidos atstovų yra prašoma gerbti šeimos privatumą ir nebandyti susisiekti. Jų taip pat yra prašoma neatvykti į laidotuves.

 

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NOTE: members of the media are asked to respect the family’s privacy and not attempt to make contact. They are also asked not to attend the funeral.  

 

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