Bears

Name
Eleanor Shaw
Where are you from?
Newcastle NSW
Referred by?
Social worker

Comments

Our Bear of Hopes gift bag was gifted to us in hospital with a beautiful bear tagged in honour of Michael Francis O’Connor born in 2017.
We decided the bear would stay with our angel bub, Leo, stillborn at 25 weeks on 3/6/22 to keep him comfort.
It was the most heartwarming thing to receive.
On behalf of my husband and I, thank you from the bottom of our hearts to Michael’s parents for donating the gift bag and to the Bear of Hopes team.
May our angel bubs play together, somewhere high in the sky over that rainbow.

Name
Elizabeth Page
Where are you from?
Melbourne australia
Referred by?
Had a bear of hope given to us

Comments

Lilli Therese Page born at 16 weeks. A little life who has touched so many people. We will always love you baby girl.
Thank you Mel for the bear.

Name
Ashlee Thompson
Where are you from?
Singleton, NSW
Referred by?
Singleton hospital nurse

Comments

This beautiful gesture is the most heartfelt thing I have ever experienced. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You truly don’t understand how grateful I am to have received this. Again, thank you!

Name
Kerin Brown
Where are you from?
Bateau Bay NSW
Referred by?
While in hospital

Comments

Your angel comforted me and my husband when our little boy (Theo Brown) joined her at 26 weeks gestation on the 31.01.2022.
We will forever be grateful for this gift of hope 💕

Name
Sophey Steele
Where are you from?
Tasmania
Referred by?
After the loss of my sweet baby girl

Comments

The bear I received gives me so much comfort during the hurt and grief I feel after I lost my precious little baby girl ❤️

Name
Shaley Ellis
Where are you from?
Ballarat
Referred by?
St John of God Hospital

Comments

Thank you so much for your thoughtful gift. I’m sorry for your loss. I was gifted this bear because I had a missed miscarriage in May. This was my first pregnancy and I never thought I could love a baby so much, who was still so young and small and who I only knew for a few short weeks. I never had any symptoms of miscarriage or reason to suspect something was wrong. I had my first ultrasound at 8 weeks and it showed my baby to be only the size of 6 weeks and with no heartbeat. We waited two more weeks in case the dates had been wrong but unfortunately the next ultrasound showed that this was not the case. I don’t know what your circumstances were but I know that whatever the case it must have been the saddest time in your life. I hope that you were able to heal, and I hope that I can heal too. Our babies will be forever in our hearts.

Name
Mackenzie Gore
Where are you from?
Thornton, NSW
Referred by?
Hospital support

Comments

Beautiful way to remember the loss of our precious children.

Name
Taylor & Locky M
Where are you from?
Branxholme
Referred by?
SWH, Warrnambool

Name
Myles Mahood
Where are you from?
Melbourne
Referred by?
Received our bear

Comments

We lost our son, Alex Archer, in January this year and received our ‘bear of hope’ last month. Six months on, the event still remains devastating and difficult to deal with. We are very thankful for the extremely thoughtful actions of the couple who donated it to us in honour of Alex. They went through their own trauma and their kind words, wishes, and fellowship are so deeply appreciated. Alex the bear has taken pride of place with Alex Archer on a shelf, together with his mementos. We view them every day. Thanks again to the marvelous couple and my deepest sympathies to everyone who has had to undergo such pain.

Name
Emily Hancock mangan
Where are you from?
Dubbo nsw
Referred by?
My cousin

Comments

Vallie May’s bear has bought our family so much comfort, her name will be spoken of with love , she sits next to our precious little Parker’s ashes 💙
Thank you and we are sending to the Crawford family x