Help mum with headstones for her babies

Queenie Withers has experienced every parent's worst nightmare, and she's done it three times over.

She lost two of her seven babies as infants in 2006/2007 due to a heart murmur and pneumonia. Then she tragically lost her oldest son Whetu Peke last month. He was hit by a car and killed.

"Losing two was really really hard. Losing another one is unbearable," Queenie told the Herald.

"Burying your own child is the worst thing ever. When it's your babies you crumble inside.

"I have my moments. I cry every day."

Financially times have been tough and the family are trying to fundraise for headstones to grace the graves of their three loved ones.

Read Queenie's full story here - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12022047

*Message from Queenie's sister-in-law Davina Peke*

My Brother Glenn and Sister In-law Queenie have over a period of 10yrs, lost 3 children to sickness and as a result of a car accident. They had 7 kids and have always been tight knit, lived life with absolute love, but have suffered tragically over these years. What do you say? What do you do? To try and console the hurt that continues on a daily basis.

Each time as they try and pick up the pieces and think things are getting better, they are hit by tragedy. There is no answer to why this is happening to their whanau and it hurts watching and feeling absolutely helpless.

The money raised would be used to put headstones on each of the kids graves. I know this is something that they would love to happen for the kids and their family. It would be greatly appreciated for any donation that could contributed to such a worthy cause.