Veronica and Joseph adopted and adored the little girl they found abandoned under a park bridge, but she never spoke a single word to them.
However, one night she walked into the couple’s bedroom and cried, “Thank you, Mom & Dad,” startling the couple.

After losing their only child to cancer, the couple found spending time in nature therapeutic.

As they approached the park’s bridge, Veronica gently rested her head on Joseph’s shoulder and asked, “Should we try for another child, honey? Maybe that will change things. What do you think?”

After losing their only child to cancer, the couple found spending time in nature therapeutic.
As they approached the park’s bridge, Veronica gently rested her head on Joseph’s shoulder and asked, “Should we try for another child, honey? Maybe that will change things. What do you think?”
Joseph sighed. “We can, hun,” he said. “But are you sure about it? I’m not going to rush through it. We need to be in the right mental space before considering this.”
“You’re right,” she said after a brief pause, tears welling in her eyes. “I still miss Sammy… our little boy… How could God be so cruel and take him away?”
Veronica was crying into Joseph’s shoulder that day, remembering their late son, when she noticed a pair of eyes staring at them. She was quick to notice a silhouette that vanished beneath the bridge, but she wasn’t prepared for what happened next…