A mother recently wrote a note to a cast member at Disney World and it is going viral quickly. The odd thing is, this one is going viral for one of the most wonderful and heartwarming reasons you could possibly imagine.
Janice Murphy lost her daughter, Analiese, on Feb 11, 2016. She died only 85 minutes after being born. The loss took a terrible emotional toll on her mother.
It was a trip to Disney World that started to change everything. While they were visiting the park, a Fairy Godmother helped both Janice and her husband. The thing is, she had no idea what she had done for them or the impact of her action until now.
2 images were posted to Janice’s Facebook page on March 21. They were of a Fairy Godmother holding and hugging a purple teddy bear. She didn’t know that the bear held the ashes of Analiese.
The Fairy Godmother treated the teddy bear just like any other child at the park. Her mother wrote, “When you hugged her, and kissed her cheek, you made me feel like Analiese mattered to you.”
The Facebook post by Janice reads:
To the Fairy Godmother I didn’t know I needed,
You had no idea the young woman that was holding a purple teddy bear was me. I was just another stranger, waiting in line to meet a character at the most magical place on Earth. I was smiling but you didn’t know I spent 10 minutes in tears over the things my daughter will never experience. You had no idea what that purple teddy bear represents to me.
Despite your utter lack of knowledge, you included the bear in our interaction. And when you found out that my daughter died, and that her ashes are within the bear, you treated her the same way you treat every child that comes to see you every single day: with love, compassion and kindness. When you hugged her, and kissed her cheek, you made me feel like Analiese mattered to you.
You may not ever see this, and even if you do, you may not remember us. But I will always remember you, and how you hugged and loved on my daughter as if she was like any other child. You helped me feel her spirit in a place she was never able to visit while alive.
Thank you thank you thank you.
Love,
Analiese’s mommy.
Within the first week, this post has been shared over 27,000 times. There have been many people sending kind words to both Janice and to the Fairy Godmother.
One commenter did let them know the message had reached the Fairy Godmother:
I just wanted to let you know that your message/picture did reach your Fairy Godmother, as well as other wonderful friends at the Magic Kingdom. It’s these cast members and their interactions with guests that means the most to me and is what I see as true magic. May you and your family have love and strength in this time and throughout your lives.
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