As the anniversary of the Christmas killings of two Oak Bay sisters draws near, their mother asks friends, family and the community during the holiday season to focus on the girlsB次元官网网址� light rather than the darkness of their deaths.

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A friend of CottonB次元官网网址檚 suggested asking friends and family to sing This Little Light of Mine on or around Christmas Day.

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Cotton loved the idea.

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Cotton references Operation RespectB次元官网网址檚 use of the song to highlight the belief that there is a B次元官网网址渓ittle lightB次元官网网址� inside each of us that makes us special.

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A in memory of Chloe and Aubrey has been set up through the Victoria Foundation to provide scholarships to children attending Christ Church Cathedral School. Making a donation in support of the Chloe and Aubrey Berry Scholarship Fund can be done by phone (250-381-5532), , or .

Chloe, 6, and Aubrey Berry, 4, were in the care of their father Andrew Berry at his apartment in Oak Bay on Christmas Day in 2017. The children were supposed to go home to their motherB次元官网网址檚 house on Christmas afternoon but didnB次元官网网址檛 arrive.

Oak Bay police found the bodies of the two girls in BerryB次元官网网址檚 apartment.

Berry is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of his two daughters.