Home of the Huggable Pillow! Creating memories you can hold |
Have you ever loved someone so much you didn’t know how you could possibly live without them? Did you ever pray that you could hold them just one more time? When my father died of Alzheimer’s on October 27th, 2008, that was exactly how I felt. But when my father became ill in February 2005, my husband, Cesar, and I put our home in San Francisco up for sale so we could move to the Phoenix area to be with him. So we left the home and the jobs we loved to move to the desert. For two years we were unemployed, but we were by my father’s side day in and day out, until he peacefully passed at the age of 81. Like many of your loved ones, I remember his smile, his laugh, and his joy. I couldn’t bear to say goodbye. |
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| A few weeks after losing him, I felt desperate to hold him, to be close to him again. I went to his closet to find anything I could that might remind me of him. I grabbed his western shirts and held them and wept uncontrollably. I must have cried for hours. Then the thought occurred to me, “What if I stuffed his shirts and put them out so I could hold them whenever I missed him?” I told my family and everyone wanted one. Then I told my friends, and it seemed everyone had someone they wanted to remember and “HUG” just one more time. And that is how the Hugillow was born. |  |
| Over time, we have expanded the idea to include keepsakes as well. Do you have a baby blanket you would like to hug now that your little one is going off to college? A prom dress or wedding dress you don’t want to keep hanging in your closet anymore, but you can’t bear to take it to Goodwill? Scout sashes/badges or military uniforms that are just getting dusty in storage? Why not re-use/recycle what you already own? Send your materials to us and we will make beautiful pillows that you can hold and enjoy every day. Hugillows are the perfect gift for yourself or someone you love. What better way to keep a memory alive? | |
