Her two grown sons called once a week out of duty, their voices rushed, distant. Friends she used to play bridge with had moved away or passed on.
But life, she was about to learn, had one more miracle left for her.
The News That Changed Everything
It began one chilly November afternoon. Margaret had been folding laundry when the news played on the local radio:
“An infant girl with Down syndrome was found abandoned outside St. Mary’s Hospital. Authorities say she’s in stable condition and awaiting foster placement.”
Margaret froze, her hands trembling over a folded towel. The reporter’s voice moved on to another story, but her heart didn’t. Something about the way he said abandoned pierced her. She couldn’t stop picturing the baby — tiny, helpless, alone.
For days, she couldn’t sleep. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw that baby’s face, though she had never seen it. She felt an unexplainable pull — a whisper in her heart saying, You’re meant to find her.
Finally, unable to ignore it any longer, she drove to the hospital. She wasn’t sure what she’d say, only that she had to go.Continue reading…
