A Father Who Lost His Son — And Got to Hold Him Again, Through a Teddify Huggable Portrait

Some videos we receive last only a few seconds.
So did this one.

But behind those few seconds lies a lifetime, or in this case, a life that ended too soon.
This father only got to know his little boy for a short while.
Cancer ended their time together before it ever really began.

When he opened the huggable portrait of his son, we were allowed a glimpse.
A tall, strong man. Just as you might picture a father.
But then something shifted:
A pause. A trembling breath. Tears.
A father’s heart breaking… and holding on to something soft.
Something that felt like his child.

What if you lose your child?

Losing a child is one of the deepest losses imaginable.
It feels unnatural. As if time itself pauses.
You don’t just miss a person. You miss a laugh, a scent, a voice, a future.

What is there left to hold on to?

Sometimes it’s something small.
Something soft or something that looks like them.
Something that smells like memory and feels like comfort.
Sometimes, it’s a Teddify huggable portrait. A personalized, handmade plush that turns loss into something you can hold.
A way to keep love close, even when words fail.

We’re honored we could make this for him.
That we could give something to hold on to.
And that, even just for a moment, he could feel his son close again. 💛