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“This Christmas I Want Food”: What These Foster Kids Want For Christmas Is Heartbreaking

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A Stanley Thermos Survived a Car Fire – The Company Responded by Replacing More than Just the Mug

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A Firefighter Longed to Become a Father, Then Someone Left a Newborn at His Fire Station

Anyone who has gone through a battle with infertility can tell you it’s blisteringly unfair. A couple who badly wants a child tries and tries for years, often spending tens of thousands of dollars, meanwhile having babies seems very easy for everyone else. This is a very real pain a firefighter in Ocala, Florida was experiencing one night this past January while on duty at the firehouse. He and his wife had been trying to have a baby for ten years, but their arms were still empty.

But as we all know, life can change in an instant, and for this firefighter, it certainly did. He was getting some sleep during an overnight shift when he was awakened by an alarm at 2 A.M.

He immediately knew that it wasn’t a fire alarm, but rather the alarm attached to the station’s Safe Haven Box, where individuals can anonymously place an infant without fear of penalty or prosecution, no questions asked.

“To be honest, I thought it was a false alarm,” said the firefighter, who asked to remain anonymous to protect his family’s privacy. But of course he did his duty and raced to check the box anyway. What he saw would change his life: a tiny newborn baby girl wrapped in a pink blanket.

“She had a little bottle with her, and she was just chilling,” he said. “I picked her up and held her. We locked eyes, and that was it. I’ve loved her ever since that moment.”

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Love at first sight! It’s something every parent understands, and this firefighter is no different. Immediately his mind started racing. He knew he had to get this baby to the hospital, but he also wanted to make it known that there was a ready and loving home for this little girl: his.

So, at the hospital, he left a note with the baby girl. “I explained that my wife and I had been trying for 10 years to have a baby. I told them we’d completed all of our classes in the state of Florida and were registered to adopt,” he said. “All we needed was a child.”

Jenny Rapson
Jenny Rapsonhttp://www.foreverymom.com
Jenny Rapson is a wife and mom of three from Ohio and the editor of For Every Mom. You can also find her alternately griping and gushing about her kids at her own blog, Mommin' It Up. You can email her at jrapson@outreach.com, or follow her on Twitter.

“This Christmas I Want Food”: What These Foster Kids Want For Christmas Is Heartbreaking

None of them asked for this year’s hottest toy, or another video game to add to their collection. No, the children who filled out these tags listed their “innermost dreams”—things that should be part of everyone’s childhood.

36 Christmas Verses to Inspire Your Holiday Season

The true spirit of Christmas is captured in the celebration of Jesus' birth. That's why we've compiled this list of Christmas verses from the Bible to inspire your holiday season. These Bible verses for Christmas can help you prepare your heart before the big day.

A Stanley Thermos Survived a Car Fire – The Company Responded by Replacing More than Just the Mug

Suffering a car fire is terrifying as well as devastating, but TikTok user Danielle's car fire also lit up TikTok in a viral way she was not expecting after her Stanley thermos survived the blaze.