{"id":846260,"date":"2026-03-24T03:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/846260\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T03:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:15:15","slug":"baby-loss-inspired-halewood-woman-to-start-business-helping-others-remember-loved-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/846260\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby loss inspired Halewood woman to start business helping others remember loved ones"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Liverpool woman who lost her own son is starting a business, creating memorial jewellery to help people remember their loved ones.<\/p>\n

Becca Lennox, from Halewood, uses ashes, hair and sentimental fibres to make pendants, bracelets, and rings to produce a special and lasting keepsake for those who\u2019ve lost someone close.<\/p>\n

Hope and Grace Jewellery \u2013 named after her two daughters Charlotte Hope, seven, and Emily Grace, 13 \u2013 was inspired after the emergency call handler\u2019s son Charlie was heartbreakingly stillborn at 16 weeks almost 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

Before that her beloved grandad passed away.<\/p>\n

Already a jewellery maker using polymer clay, Becca decided she wanted to focus on memorial pieces after finally getting a pendant made using her grandad\u2019s ashes just two years ago: \u201cWhen I got that necklace, I can\u2019t explain the feeling I got from it,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI felt so much closer to him, and it was like I was with him again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to give other people that feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

She adds: \u201cKnowing that someone can empathise with you and resonates with your grief on a very personal level creates, I hope, a special trust.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know what it\u2019s like to lose someone and so I feel very honoured and privileged when I\u2019m chosen to create memorial jewellery for people. I understand what they\u2019re going through because I\u2019ve been through loss myself, and it means I put so much care and passion into what I do because I know how much it matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

What makes it even more incredible, though, is that Becca creates her beautiful pieces in spite of the fact that she is severely sight impaired.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old began losing her sight about six years ago and, after going to the optician\u2019s when her vision started to go blurred, was immediately sent to A&E.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey thought I might have a brain tumour because they could see something at the back of my eye,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thankfully Becca, who was forced to given up nurse training in 2020 because of her failing eyesight, didn\u2019t have a tumour.\u00a0 But she was diagnosed with idiopathic intercranial hypertension, a condition which had caused pressure to build up in her brain and press on \u2013 and damage \u2013 her optic nerve.<\/p>\n

She now has no peripheral vision and little long sight, and describes what she can see as limited, \u2018like looking through binoculars\u2019.<\/p>\n

But she refuses to give in, using powerful magnifiers to painstakingly create the jewellery which, she says, \u2018has to be perfect\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t be \u2018woe is me\u2019,\u201d she explains.\u00a0 \u201cFor a start, I have my two daughters and my husband, Allan, who is the most amazing man I have ever known, pushing me to be my best, and supporting me -which makes the biggest difference in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I can\u2019t let it stop me doing things.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course I would rather I hadn\u2019t lost much of my sight, but things are put in our way for a reason, and you get through them.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Becca creates the jewellery, along with framed photos and charms, in silver and gold, and offers a range of settings and styles using cubic zirconia and resin which is cured to provide a durable finish. It means it will last for years and can even be handed down.<\/p>\n

She has even used pet fur to provide precious mementoes for animal lovers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019m working I make a video so people can see what I\u2019m doing and I light a candle in honour of their loved one,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s a personal touch that I can offer and special care, so people realise that I understand.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t just a piece of jewellery or someone\u2019s hair or ashes \u2013 it\u2019s their everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll work with a person to create something that\u2019s exactly what they want, and the way they want it to look, and everyone gets a certificate of authenticity when it\u2019s returned to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough I still work as an emergency call handler, I would love to do this full-time one day,\u201d adds Becca, who also now volunteers with the RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives me such a huge sense of satisfaction to know I\u2019ve given comfort to someone in their grief.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach piece made with intention, serving as a lasting tribute to those gone, and a reminder that they are always respected, always remembered and always carried close.\u201d<\/p>\n

Find out more about Becca and her memorial keepsakes here.<\/a>
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