About
Leaving a hospital without your child is heartbreaking and something that no parent should have to go through. Loosing a sibling is an equally powerful loss. This can be a lonely experience, sometimes siblings can also feel like they are being left out of the families grieving process, although not intentional support can often focus on the parents of the person who has died. At Lila’s Light we want to provide children who have lost a sibling with a bag that contains age appropriate gifts to help with their bereavement. We aim to provide Hospitals with a memory bag to gift each sibling.
Our daughter Lila
Lila was our beautiful Five year old daughter, On the 28th December 2023, she sadly passed away suddenly and un-expectedly. Seventeen days before she was due to turn six years old. From this day on our lives would never be the same, she was a beautiful sole and spent her short life being happy all the time, their was not a day that went by that she did not make someone laugh or smile.
She leaves behind a grieving mummy, daddy and Big sister Ava-Lily who is fourteen years old, along with the rest of her family and friends, a massive hole and void has been left. She was incredibly loved and is missed so much.
Lila was put on this world to make a difference, with her bright red hair and a smile on her face that never faded. She was a kind little girl who loved life. She dreamed of being a blogger, going on holiday to Hawaii and becoming a Nurse. She loved being with family and playing with her friends, she had a caring nature and if you walked into a room that Lila was in you would remember her, she made a mark on everyone she met. She had a huge personality and knew her own mind and the best sense of humor, we always said she had been in this world before.
When you have a child, you don’t expect to be planning their funeral, let alone learning to live without them, we thought we would have the rest of our lives with Lila, watching her grow up, watching her accomplish her dreams, which with her determination she would have done. The grief is not just of the memories but her entire future that she has been robbed of.
We have set this charity up to continue in Lilas legacy and to help other people just like Lila used to do and we hope along the way we can get more people being just like Lila.
Lilas Mummy xxx