At first glance, this looks like a normal snap when a newborn smiles while being cradled in his mother’s arms.
The happiness of a newborn and first grandchild is something you never forget, but for one UK grandma, this wonderful occasion came with much sadness and ʜᴇᴀʀᴛᴀᴄʜᴇ.
On September 9, Abbie Hallawell’s grandson Parker John was born, but unfortunately, her 17-year-old daughter was left ʙʀᴀɪɴ-ᴅᴇᴀᴅ and in a ᴄʀɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ.
Teegan Barnard had given birth to a healthy 9lb 90z boy in September 2019, but she had experienced sᴇʀɪᴏᴜs ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴs and sᴜꜰꜰᴇʀᴇᴅ a ᴄᴀʀᴅɪᴀᴄ ᴀʀʀᴇsᴛ. She ᴘᴀssᴇᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ several weeks later.
Abbie and Parker’s father will raise her little boy, and Abbie says she will do everything in her power to make sure her grandson knows how much his mom loves him.
“She was so excited – she would have been the best mummy in the world,” Abbie said, according to The Sun.
“She had so much love for him and didn’t even get to show him… I’d do anything to have her back – I miss her more than anything in the world. We were more like best friends than mother and daughter.”
Abbie made sure Teegan got to hold her baby boy in the final weeks of her life and took pictures to show Parker as he grew up.
“Seeing Parker in his mummy’s arms, where he belongs, has been so important to me,” she said.
The ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ grandmother even captured Parker smiling while lying next to his mom in her final moments. Newborn smiles while being cradled in his mother’s arms
“I put them together at every possible moment,” Abbie says. Now that she has ɢᴏɴᴇ, we dress Parker in vests with his mom’s picture on. I want to keep her close to him always.”
