Family searching for lost teddy bear containing recording of mom’s heartbeat

A 4-year-old girl from Tennessee is searching for a Build-A-Bear with a special tie to her mother who has died.

The rainbow tie dye bear contains a recording of the mother’s heartbeat, according to Goodwill Industries-Knoxville Communications director Cindy Dodson.

Dodson confirmed the bear was accidentally donated at a Goodwill store in Tazewell, Tennessee last week. Dodson said the bear has since been sold, but the store has not given up on trying to reunite the two.

A sign is currently up in the store letting everyone know the bear was accidentally donated, saying the bear is “the only thing of a departed mother that little girl has.”

Employees at the store are asking around about the bear in hopes someone will know of a lead, Dodson says.

According to a radio outlet’s post on social media, the pictures above are similar to the actual bear.

Dodson says the girl’s father has since been in contact looking for the bear.

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