that is beautiful and a unique way to represent your child’s spirit

Touching story and lovely tribute – but at some time they have to get over this grieving and live for their children – they are setting up a problem for them in years to come.

It is a wonderful tribute to the beautiful little angel they lost but I don’t think I could keep physically carrying it around with me. I wonder what will happen when the teddy has to go through security cameras.(what will show up). I strongly suggest they get permission to take it on a plane or ship and countries they are visiting, have it scanned and photos produced before they take it with them or it may be confiscated – or worse still even be cut open.

How sad. I’m so sorry to hear about your loss.
How beautiful you can carry Cowen everywhere with you, in your heart and in your bear. It’s a beautiful symbolic and better to grasp for your children indeed.
God bless you with peace, love and hope when you grieve your wee boy.

How beautiful to preserve the memory of your son Cowen. I am so sorry for your loss. My cousin lost her son to the same terrible disease and he passed within 24 hours being 15 years of age at the time. Their loss was deep as he was a wonderful young man. May Cowan rest in peace and may all of you find comfort in knowing that he is always with you in every way every day. God bless and may love and peace reign in your hearts and household forever.

All our love and big hugs go out to this beautiful family, so sad. Its a beautiful touch, we all have our ways of grieving and the pain is still very raw with them. No one gets over losing a loved one we just learn to live with the pain.

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  Your comment is so touching and so accurate and you never ever do get over it and you do manage to cope one day at a time.

A memory bear is so very touching and beautiful. Grief has no timeframe and however a family finds some solace and copes is the key. No one knows how they would cope in this same situation.

It’s a lovely idea to have your baby’s ashes put into a bear. But taking it out to create memories is maybe a bit too far

If this comforts the family and helps them to be able to survive each day, I can’t see anything wrong with it. Maybe after some time they will be able to move on and not rely too much on taking the bear everywhere with them. My heart goes out to them.

I don’t even know how I would cope with the loss of a child. If this teddy is what this family needs to cope then its best everyone shows a bit of support.

Hoping nothing happens to this bear in their travels. It is a lovely way to honor their son. Sometime in the future they will have to decide what really is going to happen to this bear as he can not really go everywhere year after year. Will need to find a safe spot for the bear.

Oh my god. This family needs councilling. nothing wrong with putting the ashes in the bear, but then he should be left at home – not “creating memories with their dead brother”