Violets in Bloom – Childrens Memorial Garden

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Let us introduce ourselves – Our names are Kerry and Ivan Mornington and we are the very proud mummy and daddy of this beautiful little girl, Violet Lilian Mornington, pictured above. We say ‘We are' with such heavy and painful emotions and a weight in our hearts that is so huge it’s impossible to explain. Why? - because our little girl passed away on 21st July 2013 aged just 5 years old after contracting a very rare condition called Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) as a result of Epstein Barr Virus associated Hodgkins Lymphoma.  
 
Born on 03 June 2008 at 16:54 weighting 8lb 3oz and living for just 5 years, 6 weeks, 5 days, 23 hours and 36 minutes , this little lady completely rocked our world for every minute she was with us, every one of which we are truly thankful. Her bravery and strength that she showed during her illness can never be matched and she truly is our 'little Superhero' in every sense of the word
 
She was  beautiful, healthy, silly chunk of fun that made our world complete. Little sis to Matty, Beth, Molly and Cait, Auntie to Lewis, Tyler and Alfie, Granddaughter, niece, cousin and friend, Violet has left a gaping hole in all of our lives that can never be filled.
 
'love you the moon and stars and back beautiful little girl'
 

 To honour Violet's memory we have set up 'Team Violet' and have been fundraiseing for a number of causes including The Birmingham Childrens Hospital where Violet spent the last few weeks of her life and HLH Research Trust to help raise awareness of this fatal disease.

We have now recently started to raise funds for a childrens memorial garden to be created at the Local Crematorium in Fradley, Lichfield and this is the purpose of this campaign. This is a very important cause to us as we found the process of looking for a suitable site where we could have place a memorial for Violet really quite difficult. There didnt really seem to be anywhere in our area where parents could go to reflect, to seek solace and peace as they think about their little angels. We really wanted to see something that would truly represent children and babies.

 

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Donors

  • Jane Pegg
  • Donated on Sep 16, 2015
  • Alrewas Knitwits wish you every success!

£13.00
  • Guest
  • Donated on Apr 19, 2015
£20.00
  • Peter Durrant
  • Donated on Apr 14, 2015
  • Hope the FunRun goes well

£25.00
Aug 02

Charity Single now on Sale

Update posted by kmornington at 03:39 pm

Its finally here, Ivans charity single For those...(We've loved and lost) was written for anybody who has lost a child. A tribute to all our little brave soldiers that didnt make it, for those so deeply loved.... but so sadly lost https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/for-those...-weve-loved-lost/id903705122 All proceeds towards Violets garden of course.  CD's are also available

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Apr 09

Its a yes from them !!

Update posted by kmornington at 08:54 am

I cant explain how I feel at the moment - I suppose this is what they mean by bitter sweet - full of excitement that we have been given the support from the Crem, and I mean support in every sense of the word, but with the underlying feeling of utter sadness. . . . .

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Apr 04

Meeting with the Crem

Update posted by kmornington at 02:12 pm

Feeling very nervous. We have our meeting on 8th March at 3pm to talk to the Manager of Fradley Crematorium about taking the project forward - Im hoping that this will be the day that our wishes will be realised and they say a big fat 'yes' for the garden.

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146 donors
  • Jane Pegg
  • Donated on Sep 16, 2015
  • Alrewas Knitwits wish you every success!

£13.00
  • Guest
  • Donated on Apr 19, 2015
£20.00
  • Peter Durrant
  • Donated on Apr 14, 2015
  • Hope the FunRun goes well

£25.00
  • Susan Wood
  • Donated on Feb 18, 2015
  • Good luck with the garden, what a lovely idea.

£5.00
  • Fradley Ladies Running Club
  • Donated on Feb 15, 2015
  • Our Clubs first charity donation and we chose Violets in Bloom x

£50.00
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  • Bristol Office - B&C
  • Donated on Jan 13, 2015
£16.00
  • Suzanne Dewell
  • Donated on Jan 06, 2015
£30.00
  • Rachel Howse
  • Donated on Dec 18, 2014
£10.00
  • Steve Lightfoot
  • Donated on Dec 06, 2014
  • It was great to finally meet you on Friday at the We Love Lichfield Fund event at the Garrick. You are such wonderful, positive people, and I know you'll use your love to help people. You know where I am if you need my help. x

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