Angel of Hope Memorial Garden, Tampa Bay

The Angel of Hope Memorial Garden, Tampa Bay, has been a peaceful refuge for parents to remember their children that have left them at too early an age.

Introduced to the world in the best-selling book "The Christmas Box," by Richard Paul Evans, a beautiful story of a couple whose only child dies and they have an Angel statue set as a place to go to remember their child. The bronze winged angel, will become a gathering place for caring families for Tampa Bay and the surrounding areas. This statue, called The Angel of Hope, has become a retreat for many bereaved families. There are more than 100 of these angels set in Memorial Gardens in the U.S.