Man Shares TikTok Honoring Mom 25 Years After Her Death (Exclusive) [Video]

Andrew Briedis was only 15 years old when his mother, Bonnie Kathleen Briedis, died at 54 on Nov. 16, 1999, 14 years after her breast cancer diagnosis. Now, 25 years later, the screenwriter, who currently lives in New York City, is sharing stories of his late mother on TikTok in hopes of keeping her memory alive.

Speaking to PEOPLE, Briedis explains that he has been posting about his mom since the early days of social media. The first video he made for TikTok, posted on Mother’s Day 2021, featured a story about her being his baseball coach while he was growing up. Since then, he has continued to share stories about her online and pays a special tribute to her each year on the anniversary of her passing.

“It’s one of the very few universal human experiences, and there’s no way around it, and there’s no way to train for it,” he …