This is definitely one of the most beautiful, poignant and heartbreaking stories we’ve heard in a while.
When Janice Maureen’s Murphy’s daughter Analiese died just over an hour after she was born, her loving mum decided she would still take her to Disneyland.
The grieving mama kept her daughter’s ashes in a purple teddy bear, which she brought to the park with her. And although she says she spent 10 minutes in tears over the things her little girl would never get to experience, the sensitive, emotionally astute and all-round loving way the park’s Fairy Godmother treated her and – the teddy – comforted her enormously.
“Despite your utter lack of knowledge, you included the bear in our interaction,” Janice Maureen wrote on her Facebook page. “And when you found out that my daughter died, and that her ashes are within the bear, you treated her the same way you treat every child that comes to see you every single day: with love, compassion and kindness. When you hugged her, and kissed her cheek, you made me feel like Analiese mattered to you.
“You may not ever see this, and even if you do, you may not remember us. But I will always remember you, and how you hugged and loved on my daughter as if she was like any other child. You helped me feel her spirit in a place she was never able to visit while alive.”
To the Fairy Godmother I didn't know I needed, You had no idea the young woman that was holding a purple teddy bear...
Posted by Janice Maureen Murphy on Monday, 21 March 2016
AW, just SO wonderful. This lovely lady really lived up to her character's name didn't she? It just goes to show the lasting consequences of a moment of kindness and understanding.
