A doting daughter was brought to tears when she was given a Build-A-Bear teddy with a recording of her late mum's voice.
Bernadette Weekes' son Patrick Harris gave her the one-of-a-kind gift to lift her spirits following the death of her mum Margaret earlier this year.
The 55-year-old was Margaret's primary caregiver and was left devastated after she died. She was stunned when she was handed the bear, pressed one of its paws and heard her 85-year-old mother's voice saying "I love you"Great-grandmother Margaret, from the US city of Atlanta, Georgia, was well known for saying "I love you" to people she encountered, even complete strangers. Patrick had found an old video of her saying the phrase, and it as his idea to get a teddy bear with the voice recording so Bernadette could feel like her mum was always close by. Margaret, a mother of 11 children, grandmother to 17 and great-grandmother to 11, died on May 30.
Patrick surprised his mum with the gift in a heartwarming video that has gone viral on the internet. At first, she laughed it off as any other teddy bear. But as she reads the bear's name Mother Love and Patrick instructs her to squeeze it, she suddenly hears Margaret saying "I love you"Bernadette then lets out a joyous scream before breaking into tears. Patrick said: "One of my grandmother's favourite sayings was 'I love you' she said it to just about anybody, even strangers.
"I was able to pull up an old video of her saying it and immediately got the idea of making sure it was something my mum could have closeby whenever she needed that extra comfort"So I went to Build-A-Bear and built her a bear with my grandmothers' voice saying 'I love you'."She had no idea. When I gave it to her she immediately started breaking down just from reading the name Mother Love.."Now she sleeps with the bear every night and I'll probably need to get a new battery soon."I knew she would be surprised and love it. I was nervous it might have been too much for her to handle but she loved it."Mum said it's one of the greatest gifts she’ll ever get and she feels like she has been given her mum back."
