Carrie Bears

When you make a quilt for your son after he’s been gone for 2 years and he loves it and it melts your heart. But it fills up your heart just to have him home💙 sure missed him 🙏

💜🩷🐻Purple and Pink💜🩷🐻 loving this bright and colorful Carrie Bear

Stitches 💙🐻

They love their Carrie Bears🤗🐻💛

Carrie Bears in Bear Lake… no wonder I love this place😉🩵🐻

Cuddle Bug Carrie Bear 💚🐻 gone too soon😢

USA hoodie Carrie Bear-Happy 4th of July🇺🇸♥️💙
So grateful to live in the land of the free
because of the brave🇺🇸♥️ 🙏

Grandma’s favorite striped shirt ~priceless pic of her holding her grandson on the back of the bear. Holding her close just as she held him💞🐻

Little one… shirt and pants look💛💙🐻😢

Sweet little guys blessing day💫 with a Carrie Bear made from Great Grandpa Tom’s yellow shirt 💛💙

We sure love our new Grandson - Myles Wayne Pike
You fill up our hearts “baby smiles”😊

As we start this Memorial Day weekend… I’m thinking about my dad and grandpa who served in the army. Thinking of lots of loved ones watching over me from the other side.

Join me for a day of healing at my Mending Hearts workshop…. Link in bio.

together…we can mend❤️‍🩹

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The Super Reunion and Auction were both amazing! Such a fun way to reconnect and celebrate💛💙

SKYLINE EAGLES Carrie Bears💛💙🦅💙💛

My high school is having a Super Reunion TODAY and TOMORROW! And skyline alumni come walk the halls one more time. 60 years of classes reunite and reconnect! See all you Eagles there!!

*Bears and Pillows made for auction baskets

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SOMETHING TO HOLD ONTO Episode #81
Orange Hearts 🧡 with Megan Christensen talking about her son Connor🧡

Connor Christensen loved Batman. No but really loved Batman - like wanted to be Batman. He loved taking care of his little sister Lizzie who died when Connor was just 3 years old. And from then on Connor loved kids. He was a swim teacher that knew not just the kids names but the parents names too. He played the drums in his high school marching band and was an Eagle Scout. Connor had some dark times too. His conflict inside overtook him and he died by su***de in the Fall of 2022. His mom Megan said, “Right after Connor died every single breath was hard.” She had already experienced a child dying from a chromosomal disorder when Lizzie was just 14 months old. Megan’s body went into shock and devastation again. In this episode she shares what trauma therapy has helped her in her grief journey. So many family and friends helped her as well. At times, it was overwhelming to return their texts. That’s when the Orange Hearts began. Orange was a Connor’s favorite color. Now anytime anyone is thinking of her or Connor they simply send an orange heart🧡

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-to-hold-onto/id1479748119?i=1000655481691

***deawarness

“Thank you so much for making the pillow for my son. ! I cried opening the box and it is now the pillow he sleeps with. You guys are so wonderful! Thank you for giving my son his great grams back”

Carrie Bear Pillow made from his great grandma’s house coat. They always went to the library together 🥹😢❤️‍🩹

SOMETHING TO HOLD ONTO - Episode #80 An Unexpected Friend with Haven Pike honoring Laurie Scott 💕

“I wanted to know her longer….” Haven Pike shares about her friend Laurie, who wasn’t a friend she anticipated having. A friend that came by surprise. Laurie was quirky and thoughtful. She sought out Haven at church and then became a dear friend, an unexpected one that was happy and lively. Hawaiian dresses and Birkenstocks her outfit of choice. Haven said, “Laurie was the most joyous human being. She was so true to who she was. I wish I had known her my whole life!” The connection they had brought a new perspective of friendship to Haven. 💞

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carrie-bears/episodes/Episode-80-An-Unexpected-Friend-with-Haven-Pike-honoring-Laurie-Scott-e2i6jrt

Navy Fleece Carrie Bear with plaid accents 💙🐻💙

Their Dad’s shirt, pants and sweater(as accents) make the cutest and most colorful Carrie Bear
🐻 ❤️💛💙💜🩵🤍🐻

Lavender plaid Carrie Bear 🤍💜🐻 remembering Papa💜🤍

Carrie Bear Tshirt pillow
🤍🤎 we ALL need to remember this 🤎🤍

Happy St. Patrick’s day ☘️ I feel so lucky to create Carrie Bears out of fabric that holds so many memories into bears for people to hold💚🐻

💚~Something to hold onto~💚

Cousin Carrie Bears. Grateful to reconnect with these cousins of mine. May these bears bring sweet memories of your mom😇💛🐻

Bedspread Carrie Bear♥️💙🐻 one side blue and white little sharks and the other side red and blue big sharks.

Jack Daniel’s Carrie Bear🖤🤍🐻🤍🖤

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking to a beautiful group of entrepreneur business women! Loved sharing stories of strength and goodness! Thanks Jill for the opportunity to meet these amazing ladies💫🫶🐻♥️

SOMETHING TO HOLD ONTO
Episode #79 - “Born to the Air” with Scot & Jen Whetman sharing about their son Braydon🚁♥️🎸

I met Scot & Jen Whetman through a mutual friend who made bears for them out of their son Braydon’s clothes. They have such big hearts and have passed that on to their son Braydon.

Braydon was a giver. He had a rough shell around him but was a giant teddy bear inside. A self taught guitarist, Braydon learned from the womb to love classic rock🎶. At age 14, he fell in love with flying and in his dad’s words was “born to the air”. He felt free in the air. Braydon joined the army and was eventually deployed to Korea. After having been there, PTSD set in and no one would ever realize how that took over his life. Scot & Jen share the tender, tragic and painful details of finding Braydon after he died by su***de. His parents said, “We miss him and love him dearly. Not a day goes by that we don’t think about Braydon.”

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-to-hold-onto/id1479748119

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Calvin Klein Carrie Bear🤍🖤🐻🖤🤍

Grandpa’s wedding suit Carrie Bear 🖤🤍🐻
Sweet memories woven into this one worn to the wedding ~ grandpa is surely remembered and missed.

SOMETHING TO HOLD ONTO
Episode #78 Pondering at the Kitchen Sink - Charlene sharing about her dad—John Christian Cornell 🩵🐻🩵

Available on all podcast platforms~

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-to-hold-onto/id1479748119

Charlene Cornell honors and shares about her dad, John Christian Cornell in this episode. He was the family chef and family meant everything to him. He was always there, always home, always giving. John worked outside the home as well partnering with his wife to provide for the family. The two of them loved to dance. He’d be caught dancing and singing in the house. Charlene also noticed him pondering at the kitchen sink. She noticed it more the Christmas before he died of colon cancer. “I wonder what he was thinking,” she said as she reflected on how she finds herself doing the same thing🩵