{"id":348,"date":"2024-09-15T14:56:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T14:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=348"},"modified":"2024-09-15T14:56:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T14:56:30","slug":"grieving-mom-sells-deceased-sons-crib-for-2-buyer-returns-it-next-week-leaves-her-in-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=348","title":{"rendered":"Grieving mom sells deceased son\u2019s crib for $2, buyer returns it next week, leaves her in tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/mom\/\">Valarie Watts<\/a>\u00a0longed to hear the coos of her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/newborn\/\">newborn<\/a>\u00a0son coming from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/random-acts-of-kindness\/\">room<\/a>\u00a0she spent months decorating.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>But when little Noah was stillborn, Watts was faced with the heartbreaking task of selling the items she carefully picked out for him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not wanting to part with the crib, she finally agreed to sell it to a retiree for only $2.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>One week later, he returned Noah\u2019s crib and when Watts saw it, she was left in tears. Keep reading to learn about this heartwarming story!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-af069814e23cdda90555e3bdf5b37a19\" class=\"newsner-af069814e23cdda90555e3bdf5b37a19 newsner-bluebillywig_instream\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-d958bcaa89751cfc7160002fd7f969b9\" class=\"newsner-d958bcaa89751cfc7160002fd7f969b9\"><\/div>\n<p>Not a day goes by without Valarie Watts (now Hamblin) missing her baby boy Noah, who was stillborn July 22, 2013.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-22edcc1abe31898ad8d63d8f4d973686\" class=\"newsner-22edcc1abe31898ad8d63d8f4d973686 newsner-incide_content_once\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAll week I knew,\u201d Minnesota\u2019s Watts tells\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=valarie+watts+noah&amp;sca_esv=cbe3f3e487432d75&amp;sca_upv=1&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA796CA797&amp;sxsrf=ADLYWIJ55etX9KoIxsDFypWC7yNbBhGU2A%3A1723722688739&amp;ei=wOu9ZrnsLPqj0PEP1pbKgAk&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi5zLa09_aHAxX6ETQIHVaLEpAQ4dUDCA8&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=valarie+watts+noah&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiEnZhbGFyaWUgd2F0dHMgbm9haDIHECEYoAEYCjIHECEYoAEYCki5DlCwBljADHABeACQAQCYAW6gAc4DqgEDNC4xuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIGoALYA8ICChAAGIAEGLADGArCAg4QABiABBiwAxiGAxiKBcICBxAjGLACGCfCAgcQABiABBgNwgIGEAAYDRgewgIGEAAYFhgewgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAggQABiABBiiBJgDAIgGAZAGCpIHAzQuMqAH5Rg&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:dc85186b,vid:JThvSUFFFUY,st:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">FOX 9<\/a>. Explaining she stopped feeling Noah kick only weeks before he was born, she adds, \u201cHe wasn\u2019t moving as much. I was very nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-df66288b62de5960a408754b16361a8e\" class=\"newsner-df66288b62de5960a408754b16361a8e newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D453599974772781%26set%3Do.77710564137%26type%3D3&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"466\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A mother\u2019s intuition is always right.<\/p>\n<p>The umbilical cord became pinched in the womb, and Noah, baby brother to seven-year-old Neveah, was stillborn.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-garage-sale\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Garage sale<\/h2>\n<div id=\"newsner-1402412601\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>Almost one year later, Watts, 28 at the time, mustered up the strength to part with the items she had bought for Noah.<\/p>\n<p>All except for his white crib that she excluded from the garage sale she had the next May.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-6c75edd9c62847920f8668782554d45e\" class=\"newsner-6c75edd9c62847920f8668782554d45e newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>Asked why she wanted to hold onto the baby\u2019s crib, the grieving mom responds, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fvalarie.lyn%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0cCDdRUUqXAgyB59aXWiYpWqnhfpc1yu1G7EWSsVtUwa3T4n5o5RAqqWuEPdT3xfCl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"616\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-633422754\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>Emotionally attached to that specific piece of furniture, a painful reminder of her loss, she hesitated when a retiree named Gerald Kumpula asked to buy it.<\/p>\n<p>Gerald was at the sale with his wife Lorene, whom he shares 15 kids and dozens of grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis wife was there looking through my garage sale \u2013 at some of the baby clothes \u2013 and asked how old my son was since I don\u2019t use the crib anymore, and I told her that he had passed in July,\u201d Watts says.<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto%2F%3Ffbid%3D933010113405281%26set%3Da.933010136738612&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"604\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-1841984777\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>And then she heard that Gerald, 75, was a craftsman who makes benches from second-hand headboards and footboards. \u201cI was a little bit at peace with it because he\u2019d be making something nice,\u201d said Watts, who sold the crib to the Kumpulas for $2.<\/p>\n<p>On the drive home, Lorene told her husband the story behind the crib that he just purchased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was kind of hesitant, I knew that maybe she wouldn\u2019t want to sell it, but then she did\u201d Kumpula tells FOX 9. \u201cWe decided on our way home that this bench is going back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valarie Watts\u00a0longed to hear the coos of her\u00a0newborn\u00a0son coming from the\u00a0room\u00a0she spent months decorating.\u00a0But when little Noah was stillborn, Watts was faced with the heartbreaking task of selling the items she carefully picked out for him. 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