2020 Team 8 - Team Charlee

Charlee Clare Holmes

April 29th 2011 

Charlee was our first child. We were so excited to be pregnant and were over the moon when, at our first ultrasound, we were told we were having a girl. We couldn’t wait to share the news with our family... but then it all stopped. Smiles were replaced with tears as the doctors told us Charlee had a form of dwarfism that would not allow her much time with us after birth. The following months were filled with medical appointments, funeral planning and more tears than we thought were possible.

Charlee came into this world on April 29th 2011 and fought hard for her two hours with us. And we will cherish those two hours until our last breaths. There will never be a day we don’t miss our daughter. When we lost Charlee we felt so alone in our grief, worried that nobody would remember her with us. But we were wrong. Having her name and story shared in Hockey for Grace means more than we can put into words. Thank you for letting us know that we are not alone and for remembering Charlee with us.