This is Hull and East Riding --WHEN Emma Whitfield opens her birthday presents next month, there will be one gift she both dreads opening and cannot wait to see.
Inside a Pandora box will be the little purple charm her daughter bought her, just days before dying in Emma's arms.
Evie Kean, nine, bravely battled her inoperable brain tumour, and never once complained of the many tests and treatments she was given, until she died on Monday.
Even in her final few days, she was thinking of others – determined to be taken into town so she could purchase her mother's gift, ready for her to open on February 3.
Emma's partner, Shane Gray, has bought her a Pandora bracelet, so Evie wanted to get a charm to go with it.
"I can't wait to see it but it will be hard to open it," said Emma.
"All I've been told is that it's purple.
"Apparently, as soon as the lady in the shop brought the tray out with a purple one on it, Evie pointed to it straight away."
One of Emma's happiest memories of Evie will be Christmas time, when she and her little girl, who was always smiling and dancing, joined other poorly children for a trip to Lapland in Finland.
They were part of a group from the Yorkshire and Humber region who were treated to the day of meeting Santa with the When You Wish Upon A Star charity.
"Lapland was ace, she absolutely loved it," said Emma, 31, who spoke to the Mail yesterday to pay tribute to her little girl.
"Her picture from Lapland was on the front page of the Mail and she was really made up.
"She took the paper to school with her and was stopping in the street telling everyone she was famous.
"She was a bit of a celebrity at school after that.
"She loved being the centre of attention."
Evie lived with Emma and her younger brother Riley Gray, three, and sister Lottie Gray, four, in west Hull.
She attended Penshurst Primary School in Hessle and loved school so much, she was even given a "pupil of the term" award last month.
Emma said: "She was so brave and didn't let anything get to her.
"In the ten months she had treatment, she didn't once moan or complain about her situation – unless she was having one of her little tantrums, which she sometimes did. She was always smiling."
Evie's funeral will be held on Wednesday at the large chapel at Chanterlands Avenue Crematorium.
Her purple coffin will be surrounded by white flowers and Evie will be laid to rest on her One Direction pillow and blanket.
Evie is also mourned by her Nana Marj, Auntie Sally, Uncle Steve, Uncle Stuart, Auntie Kay, cousins Zack, Alfie, Claire and Katie, Grandad Bob, Grandma Sue, Grandad Barry, Auntie Emma, Uncle Jason, cousins Thomas and Louis, Auntie Nicola, Uncle Mark, cousins Ruby and Olivia and many other friends and family.
"She was an amazing girl, she was an inspiration to everyone," said Emma.
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