A mum who lost her dad during covid left a stranger stunned after responding to her post on Facebook.
Joanne Bloor, 53, had a special connection with her dad Francis, known as Johnny to his loved ones, before his death in 2020 to covid. They had a special bond - which Joanne attributes partially to her being the oldest child, as well as the trips they took to Goodison Park to watch Everton since she was a child.
Soon after his death Joanne, from Liverpool, dedicated a corner of her garden in memory to her beloved dad. She adorned it with blue and white flowers, and a little blue Everton teddy bear of her son's in memory of her diehard blue dad.
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Years later Joanne was scrolling on Facebook when a picture of the blue teddy bear caught her eye. A mum was appealing for help to find one of the bears for her little toddler, who had just recently been declared a blue by family friends.
Joanne shared her story with the ECHO as part of our acts of kindness campaign - we're encouraging readers to share things they've done that have made another person's day, or things that people have done to them that've left them with a smile on their face. There's still time to tell us about your acts of kindness.
Joanne told the ECHO: "I saw a post on Facebook, she said she'd just had a little boy and her friends had brought him an Everton top to get him started early.
"I commented on the post and offered her it and she inboxed me to ask how much I'd sell it for. I said no, no, it's just something I want to do.
"It was just the picture that really got me. I was just scrolling on Facebook and there it was, the exact same one.
"When I first offered it she was really overwhelmed. She was like thank you so much that was so lovely.
"She later sent a lovely picture through with the boy holding the bear.
"We've had two years of the teddy sitting there doing it's purpose and I just thought it's time now to start looking at moving on. Things move on and you just get stronger.
"He was a blue through and through. He didn't have much money but when he did he was very generous.
"We're going to start going regularly to the games again. We've got season tickets and people around are all the same people - we've known them for years.
"People are stuck in the moment at the minute. Things are hard and I hoped this would bring some kindness to it all."
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