Mum’s tribute to tragic baby Tilly
A MUM has been leaving Christmas treats for others to find in memory of her stillborn daughter.
Gemma Kelly has been sharing candy canes and chocolates to mark what would have been her daughter Tilly’s fourth Christmas.
Sadly her baby girl was stillborn at full term in October 2016.
Gemma, who had two boys, Alfie, 12, and Finley, 10, when Tilly was born and has since had 10-monthold baby Penny, wanted to spread some joy in Tilly’s memory.
She tied a note to the gifts saying: “Please enjoy this random act of kindness in memory of our daughter Tilly Kelly on what would have been her fourth Christmas.”
And it’s not the first thing Gemma, from Denton, has done in Tilly’s memory.
Earlier this year we reported how she paid for a little girl’s birthday cake on what would have been Tilly’s birthday.
Mum-of-three Kelly Freeman arrived to collect the cake she’d ordered for daughter Piper, to be told the cost had been covered by a stranger.
Gemma, 35, married to 36-yearold Danny, said: “I’ve been doing the random acts of kindness as part of the #adventtoremember.
“It’s a thing that @thelegacyofleo started over on Instagram for us to remember the babies taken from us too soon. It’s a little way we can include Tilly in the build up to Christmas and we’ve loved creating her a new hashtag #adventfortillytutu.”
Gemma, whose children and friends helped share the treats around Denton and near her workplace in Cheadle, added: “My plan was to do it all December, but I’ve been really poorly for a week. A few friends have done some in Tilly’s name too. We do the random acts of kindness to keep her memory alive. Just like any other mum I don’t want her to ever be forgotten.
“We love doing this at Christmas as it feels like we are including her in the Christmas build up. It’s always even harder around birthdays and Christmas but the other children always get us though.
“I just love to talk about Tilly at any chance I can.”