As Bec and Lleyton Hewitt await the birth of baby number two, the couple reveals how Bec’s tears turned to joy and how they vowed to turn their happiness into a campaign to help others, writes James Kelly.
See Bec and Lleyton in action showing off their www.eswap.com.au auction items here
Bec Hewitt, wife of Aussie tennis ace Lleyton Hewitt and mother to their beautiful daughter Mia, is radiant. Dressed in a flowing orange-flame summer dress, her long golden hair pulled back in a ponytail from her finely-featured face, the former Home and Away actress exudes all the happiness and warmth that helped launch her career and continues to endear her to the Australian public.
Bec, 25, sweeps into the room fora special photo shoot with The Weekly and immediately sets a convivial tone with her bright and bubbly personality. “I’m pumped and ready,” says the mother-to-be, her husband Lleyton beside her, as she clenches her fists and throwing her arms triumphantly in the air. She is clearly excited and full of vitality, enthused at the prospect of being back in Australia for the coming summer and the impending birth of her second child early next year.
They are in the final throes of organising a major fundraising event for their favourite cause, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, in Sydney’s western suburbs. Funds will also go to cancer charity Cure Our Kids, dedicated to improving the quality of life for children and their families at the hospital. Both Bec and Lleyton are ambassadors for the hospital, one of the leading children’s hospitals in the country, and during the past eight months they have been collecting items and memorabilia from some of the biggest names in international sport and entertainment.
These items, given by stars such as tennis greats Rafael Nadal, Ana Ivanovic and Roger Federer, pop queen Gwen Stefani and actor Hugh Jackman, among many others, will be auctioned on Lleyton and Bec’s eSwap website (www.eswap.com.au) to provide the hospital and its child cancer centre with much-needed funds.
It’s an opportunity, they say, to turn their own good fortune to the best possible purpose. “I do feel so fortunate,” says Bec, “in every way, in all the areas of my life — with Lleyton, with Mia, the baby, my health, my family — so it’s a great feeling to know that you’re helping to put a smile on someone’s face. As a mother, that makes it very rewarding and quite emotional, too.”
See Bec and Lleyton in action showing off their www.eswap.com.au auction items here
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