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Bring Holly Home To Her Baby

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On the 7th August 2018, Our beautiful Holly Smith, age 34, was found laying peaceful in her bed in Wellington, New Zealand leaving behind her greatest love in this life, her beautiful daughter, Charlie.

Holly had been through a lot in the past few years...
2 years ago she was walking home when she was hit by a drunk driver who left her for dead.
She was left laying down a grassy bank for 4hrs before someone walking by heard Moans and found her.
She was airlifted to Wellington hospital where she underwent emergency surgery for her severe injuries which laid her up in hospital for 9mths.
Holly suffered 3 breaks to her pelvis, brain haemorrhage & damage, fractured collarbone, dislocated shoulder, tear in her aorta and several other fractures and internal bleeds through out her bruised and battered body. After 9mths of intense pain, multiple surgeries & rehabilitation, she was finally released from hospital.

The next 13mths of rehabilitation back into life was beyond a challenge for Holly but regardless of the crippling pain and permanent damage from her accident, She worked hard every day to rebuild her life for her beautiful daughter Charlie.
Charlie was Hollys absolute everything, her brightest light and deepest n most purest love in this life and with Charlie as her motivation to push through the pain and stay focussed to rebuild their life, she was finally getting to the light at the end of the tunnel until the 7th August 2018...

Holly had felt as though she was coming down with the flu.
She had decided to go to bed to attempt to sleep it off and unfortunately, she never woke from that sleep.

An autopsy later found out that she had suffered septic pneumonia which was the cause of her sudden and incredibly heartbreaking passing.

Holly’s parents & siblings reside in QLD Australia and flew back to NZ to organise the funeral. After the funeral they brought hollys ashes back to Australia with them until Charlie was at an age where she would like to keep her mums ashes with her.
Since returning to Australia, charlie has been feeling incredibly sad as she longs for her mother and a special place where she can go to visit her when she is wanting to talk, needing to cry or just to sit and feel closer to her mum, so the family have decided to bring Holly back to Wellington, to lay her ashes to rest, close to her daughter Charlie.

It will be Hollys 12mth anniversary on the 7th August 2019 and the family are hoping to lay Holly to rest by her anniversary date, but after the resent expenses of the funeral, and flights back and forth from Australia, they are struggling to gather the funds needed for Hollys plot and headstone.

Please help this family bring Holly back home to NZ to be with her beloved daughter where she belongs. Any donation would be greatly appreciated and will go a very long way to ensure this mother and daughter are reunited.

On behalf of the family, Thank you all so much for your great kindess, love & overwhelming support during this time!
Rest In Peace our beautiful Holly
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  • Deborah Clerke
    • $25 
    • 5 yrs
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Shannon Smith
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South Stradbroke QLD

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