“A mum was left ‘speechless’ when a stranger came up to her and her five-year-old son and presented him with a Build A Bear teddy as a surprise Christmas present.
The woman gave the bear to young Kian Hempenstall because she lost a child of her own a few years back, and chooses to remember him in this way each year.
Even more poignant is the fact that Kian himself suffered tragedy this year when his dad was killed in a motorcycle accident.
His mum Chelsea explained how she and Kian were out shopping in Manchester city centre when the woman approached them carrying two boxes.
After checking whether Kian liked teddy bears – which he does – she presented him with one of the boxes, and went away.
Chelsea told the Manchester Evening News how the woman explained she lives in Stoke-on-Trent now, but travels back up to Manchester each year to pay tribute to her lost child.
She buys two presents, gives one away and keeps the other for herself.
Chelsea, who lives in Fallowfield, shared a picture of Kian and the anonymous woman on Facebook, writing: ‘I’ve never felt so much kindness as we just received five minutes ago.’
‘To this wonderful lady, thank you. We were just making our way across town when we were approached and Kian was asked if he liked teddy bears?’
‘My natural response was, well yeah but why?”
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