The siblings of a “bright and sassy” schoolgirl who died of a brain tumour received gifts made of some of her favourite things during their first Christmas without her.
Evie-Leigh Cormack, 11, lost her battle with the tumour in October after a brief battle.
As a gift from the tragic schoolgirl her parents, Perri-Leigh Littler and Matthew Cormack, had memory bears made from some of Evie's favourite things for her siblings, Matthew, four, and ten-year-old Lillie.
Heartbreakingly, the bears had recordings of Evie-Leigh's voice inside with messages including "I'm going to miss you all and I love you all", Teesside Live reports.
Perri-Leigh said: “The teddies were made with her favourite Stitch blanket, her favourite pink velvet trousers, her favourite scarf and her pjs.
“How can a life so young just be snatched when all she dreamed of was becoming a fast response paramedic, loved school, loved learning, loved her family and friends.
“She had nothing but good intentions."
On Christmas day, Perri-Leigh posted a message to her eldest daughter on her Facebook page which said: "Merry Christmas to our beautiful daughter Evie-Leigh.
“I'm sure you will be there alongside me when I unwrap your presents.
"I'll carry on filling your Pandora bracelet and I'll wear it with so much pride. Forever my baby girl.
"Forever my Evie-Leigh. Forever your mammy and daddy."
The devastated mum has also posted a photo of Evie-Leigh, her last school photo taken in Year 6, which she found hidden under the youngster's bed.
Evie-Leigh had been excitedly looking forward to starting secondary school when she suddenly fell unwell.
The former St Aidan's Primary School pupil had symptoms including headaches, sickness, double vision and loss of balance.
After an investigation doctors found she had DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma), an aggressive form of childhood brain cancer, for which there is no effective treatment and no chance of survival.
In October the family said: “Evie was known for being a little diva, always dancing around doing TikTok’s, she used to love being the mother figure to her little brother Matthew and was a perfect role model for her younger sister Lillie.
“She loved to keep her mam and dad on their toes with her attitude and her sass, something that made Evie stand out and something her family and friends would never change for the world and certainly will never forget.
"She was a really bright kid who really got stuck in, her motivation to start secondary school was to get the best grades to enable her to become a paramedic when she left school.
"She was so pleased when she had the opportunity to spend the day with the emergency services just a few weeks before she passed away and this definitely made her mind up with the career path she wanted to take.
“She was always a kid that would be there to help anyone."
