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"Here is a photo of me and my mom on our way to the Bahamas in celebration of her 70th birthday," said Sloane. "She spent the entire time thanking me for the trip, but I was the one who should have been thanking her for being such a wonderful mother. I lost my mom Helen Anne Heffernan a year later. I will forever be grateful for taking the time to celebrate my beloved mother!"

In loving memory: WRAL Anchor/Reporter Sloane Heffernan and her mom