Mourning mom sells stillborn baby’s crib for $2: A week later, buyer returns it transformed
Waiting for a baby to arrive is probably one of the most amazing feelings ever. Just imagining all the fun and happy moments that will come after the little one is born makes the future parents super excited.
A woman named Valerie Watts was looking forward to seeing her baby’s face, but her happiness and heart were crushed when she gave birth to a stillborn baby boy.
Everything was going really well with her pregnancy for a long time, but then, out of nowhere, things took a turn.
“All week, I knew,” Watts reflected. “He wasn’t moving as much. I was very nervous.”
Baby Noah’s umbilical cord got squeezed in the womb, and sadly, his life was cut short before it even began.
Watts was really struggling with her sadness. Even though her baby didn’t survive, she just couldn’t bring herself to get rid of the crib she had bought. Having it at home reminded her of the heartbreaking loss she experienced.
Gerald Kumpula remembered, “She seemed a bit unsure. I could tell she might not really want to sell it, but in the end, she went ahead and did.”
Kumpula lived a short distance from Cokato and had his workshop on the edge of town. When he saw the crib at the Watts family’s garage sale, he wanted to buy it, even though it wasn’t for sale.
“When he asked me if I was selling that, that he made benches, I hesitated,” Watts admitted.
At that time, Kumpulas was unaware of the tale connected to that crib.
“His wife was there looking through my garage sale — at some of the baby clothes — and asked how old my son was since I don’t use the crib anymore, and I told her that he had passed in July,” Watts explained.
Kumpulas realized that the crib was from the Watts family, so after he changed it, he chose to give it back to them.
“I started crying instantly,” Watts said.
The bench Kumpulas created from the crib serves as a reminder of the tough times, but it also represents a source of comfort for the grieving parents.
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