A Manwatū business has paid tribute to the three children who died in the Sanson house fire.
Viv’s Kitchen owner, Viv Withers, said she like many others “have struggled to come to terms with the enormity of it all or to understand how this has happened”.
Withers said she had ordered a plaque to go into a Fairy Memorial Garden.
She said when it was finished she would place it on a paving stone.
Withers invited anyone visiting to add a fairy to the garden as a way of letting their mother, Chelsey Field, “know her angels will never be forgotten”.
A Give a Little page set up for the mother of three children who died in the Sanson house fire has now raised nearly $400,000.
Chelsey Field’s children August, 7, Hugo, 5, and Goldie, 1 died in the fire on November 15.
The children’s father Dean Field was also found dead at the scene in what police are calling a suspected murder suicide.
Nine days on from the fire, and over $392k has been raised to support Field.
On the page, it says “We are coming together to create a safety net for her [Field]”.
“Our goal is to provide her with the space and security needed to grieve in solitude, without the added stress of financial ruin.”
On Friday, Field released a statement saying her “babies did not deserve this”.
She said she enjoyed quality time with her children and had so much fun together.
“I will forever cherish all these special memories.”
The mother-of-three said she also lost the ashes of her stillborn Iris who would have been nine this year.
“I have lost her ashes, photos and all her special keepsakes. I know my darlings will be reunited with their big sister.”
Field said the incident has left her heartbroken and devastated.
Chelsey Field shares heartbreak after deaths of her three children
She also thanked “the many thousands of people” who have been “so generous”.
“I have felt the aroha of those around me, in my community and around the country. This support has given me the strength to carry on in honour of the short lives my children lived and the impressions they left on so many people’s hearts.”
The funeral for the three children will take place at Crossroads Church in Palmerston North on Tuesday.
Police have confirmed they are treating the incident as a homicide.
SOURCE: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360896506/nearly-400k-raised-mother-children-killed-sanson-fire
