The Day an Ordinary Object Became Something Extraordinary

My four-year-old son disappeared in a crowded mall. The police searched everywhere, but he was nowhere to be found.

Two agonizing hours later, a woman appeared carrying him in her arms.

I burst into tears. She smiled gently, pressed a hairpin into my hand, and whispered,

“You’ll need this someday.” I tucked it away, not thinking much of it.

Three weeks later, my stomach dropped. That same hairpin was lying on my kitchen counter—despite the fact that I had locked it inside a drawer the night before.

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