Little Girl Sees Stroller Left under the Rain in the Park, Finds Newborn Baby and a Note in It — Story of the Day

Sophia’s parents were surprised to see their little girl rolling a stroller with a baby inside into the house. Unfortunately, they couldn’t keep the child and tried to visit him often at the orphanage. Sadly, the boy was sent to a foster home years later. But one day, their doorbell rang incessantly, and the boy was right there, so Sophia’s parents had to make a tough choice.

“Mom! Mom! Look!” seven-year-old Sophia yelled from outside as she rolled a stroller into their house.

“Sophia! Come in quickly! It’s raining!” her mother, Lillian, replied from the kitchen window before focusing her eyes and noticing the stroller. “What is that?!”

“It was in the park. No mommy came for it ever! I couldn’t leave it!” Sophia explained, agitated.

“Ok, ok. Let’s just get you dry, and the baby too, alright?” Lillian replied and brought a towel so her daughter could dry off while she checked the baby. Luckily, the infant had been covered enough that he wasn’t wet at all. She cooed at him and rocked him a bit before putting him back in his stroller and placing her hands on her hips.

“Can we keep him, Mom? I’ll be a good big sister! I can help!” Sophia begged, seeing her mother thinking.

“We’ll talk about it later, sweetheart, when your father gets home. Now, go change your clothes, or you’ll get sick,” Lillian stated, smiling to appease her daughter. But she was worried. Who would leave a child in the park? Their neighborhood, Macalester-Groveland in St. Paul, Minnesota, was pretty safe. However, this was horrible.

Lillian picked up the baby once more, noticing him getting fussy, and then she saw a piece of paper on the stroller. There was a note was written in pencil, and the letters seemed rushed, which told Lillian that whoever abandoned the baby had tried to be swift about it. She started reading it.

“To whoever finds this letter,

Please forgive me. I’m only 19, and my husband died in a car accident. I have no money and no one left. I can’t take care of him anymore. I didn’t know what else to do. I know this baby will bring happiness to someone in this neighborhood. Please take him in.”

Lillian’s eyes glistened. That poor girl, she thought. It was hard enough to be a mom even when you had a support system, and this woman felt lost after losing her husband. She couldn’t blame her too harshly, although it would have been better to leave the baby somewhere...