Heartbroken mom shares touching photo of daughter's "temporary urn" in car seat

Spanaway, Wash. – A grieving Washington mother’s Facebook post is capturing the hearts of thousands of people.

Ellie Walton spent most of her young life battling a horrible disease. At 4-months-old she was diagnosed with a brain tumor, according to her mother, Sara Walton.

After 17 surgeries, 28 rounds of chemo and 42 days of radiation, Ellie passed away at the age of 4.

Last week, Sara shared a photo of her daughter’s ashes strapped into her car seat for her final ride home.

Ellie’s ashes were temporarily kept in a decorated box until her family can put her into a custom urn.

Ellie’s mother wrote in part, “Driving you home the other day, I was scared, but buckling you in felt normal. Even though none of this is normal, none of this is right. You should be here. Death is so selfish baby girl. My heart is broken. I’m literally hurting and torn, I know your [sic] in a better place, and yet no place is better than in my arms. I know your happy and pain free, and yet I want you here. It’s been two months since I last kissed your cheek or played with your hair. It’s been two months of pure torture, agony, and despair. All I want back is our daily life, whatever they entailed, I want it back. I want hospital visits back, and chemo back, I want your laughter, and your joyous heart back. The things that brought my heart so much pain, only a few months ago, I so desperately want back today.”

The post has garnered hundreds of comments from strangers expressing their condolences, and it has been shared nearly 800 times.