B.C. families linked by egg donation create memorial garden for late mother

When Marina Winkler and her husband started their family, she couldn't have felt better. It's an experience Marina felt compelled to share with those would couldn’t have it.

“Being a mom is the greatest joy,” she smiles, holding a picture of her younger self with her young son.

It’s an experience Marina felt compelled to share with those would couldn’t have it.

“There are so many, many women who struggle with infertility,” she says. “(I thought) maybe there’s something I can do.”

So she did some research and decided to donate her eggs. Although the international company she worked with kept the process private, Marina was told it was a success.

“It definitely felt amazing,” Marina smiles.

Marina was pregnant with her second child when the other family was expecting their second as well.

“That was the last time I heard,” she says.

Until almost a decade later.