Couple grows business to help families cope with loss

FAMILIES COPING WITH THE LOSS

OF A LOVED ONE. AFTER LOSING

THEIR OWN INFANT DAUGHTER.

THEY GREW A NEW BUSINESS CALLED

PLANTING MEMORIES AS WRAL'S.

DEBRA MORGAN EXPLAINS. IT'S

ABOUT PLANTING TREES AS

MEMORIALS FOR GRIEVING

FAMILIES.

>> AT TROY AND NICOLE COMES

HOME. THIS WALL HOLDS SPECIAL

MEMORIES. IT'S ABOUT THE SHORT

LIFE OF THEIR INFANT DAUGHTER

CAMERON. THE ONLY PHOTO WE HAVE

OF CAMERON AND HIS SISTER AND

EASTERN CAMERON IS THIS ONE

FROM THE DAY AFTER SHE WAS BORN

ON FACETIME? CAMERON WAS BORN

A FEW WEEKS EARLY BUT SEEMINGLY

HEALTHY UNTIL THEY LEARNED SHE

DEVELOPED AN ENTER A VIRUS

ACTUALLY LIVE FOR 29. SHE

FOUGHT VERY HARD FOR 29 DAYS.

CAMERON PASSED AWAY ON

THANKSGIVING DAY OF 2022.

FOR HER PARENTS COPING MEANT

PLANTING A TREE IN CAMERON'S

NAMED TO REPRESENT HER FIGHTING

SPIRIT.

>> A COMMON NAME IS A PERSIAN

IRONWOOD. I MEAN, HE'S REALLY

DENSE WOODS. SO I FIGURED IT'S

A PERFECT FIT FOR CAMERON.

>> BEING IN THE TREE BUSINESS,

THE BEGAN A WEB PAGE TO HELP

OTHERS WHO FACE A SIMILAR LOSS.

A TREE THAT REFLECTS THE LOVED

ONE IS PLANTED AND GIVEN A

PERSONALIZED PLAID, THE TREE

WILL FLOWER MAYBE ON THE DATE

OF DEATH.

>> OR THE DATE OF BIRTH.

JOE, THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND IT

IS TO BUT HELP FAMILIES HEAL.

>> THE, INCLUDING SUN, THE SUN

ENJOY THIS SPECIAL PLACE IN

THEIR OWN BACKYARD

ARE SIGNED. KNOW THAT CAMERON

STREE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A

VERY SWEET THING. HE, YOU KNOW,

KNOWS CAMERA AND

>> IS IN HEAVEN PLANTING

MEMORIES. TREATMENTS ARE NOW

SPREADING IN MANY YARDS PARKS

AND SPACES EVEN BEYOND THE

TRIANGLE. THE TREES OFFER THEIR

BEAUTY AND THE HEALING POWER

THAT WHEN WE SEE THE FAMILIES

THERE AND WE'RE INSTALLING THE

TREES

>> AND THE TEARS AND THE

HAPPINESS AND THE HUGS IT HAS

HELPED TREMENDOUSLY HEAL.

SO DEBRA MORGAN WRAL NEWS AND

NOW THE HOPE TO WORK WITH

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