Lily Anne Whitfield
2015 – 2024
Bright as sunlight, quick to laugh, always loved.
From Our Family
Lily made everyone around her feel important. This page is where we keep the little moments that made her, her.
Little Moments
Every morning
She would come into our room with her stuffed rabbit and say the same thing: is today a good day?
The garden
She planted sunflowers with her grandmother the summer before. They came up in September.
The last drawing
A stick figure family holding hands, a big yellow sun, the words I LOVE YOU in her careful uneven letters.
Favorites
Color
Pink -- specifically the pink of cherry blossoms
Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Song
You Are My Sunshine
Snack
Strawberries and whipped cream
Animal
Marshmallow, her cat
In Their Memory
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) | Cared for at Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte | Survived by Owen (older brother, age 12), Rosie (younger sister, age 5)