Two brothers were in the trash in nothing but their diapers.
Two brothers were in the trash in nothing but their diapers.
A executive chef at the Pasco Metropolitan Ministries in the Tampa Bay area of Florida named Mark Purcell, was in for a huge surprise one evening, just as he was about to end the working day and head home.
The man was taking out the trash when he saw a couple of tiny heads peeking out from among the trash bags.
At first, he thought that someone had tossed away a couple of baby dolls. However, on closer inspection, Purcell realized that those weren’t dolls: they were real children!
It turned out that two baby boys were sitting right there among the trash. The big brother was about two years old while the rest was 7 months old.
These two brothers were wearing nothing but diapers when Mark found them, and their mother was hiding right around the corner.
When he learned more about the story, he discovered that the mother was homeless and she just couldn’t care for her babies any longer. Therefore, she decided to leave them at the church and hoped that someone would take them in, provided the care she simply couldn’t.
Mark decided to give one of the church pastors, Krystal Stewart, a call and see if she and her husband, Ron, would be willing to care for the kids for a night.
Krystal and Ron agreed, and they were actually familiar with the kids in question.
They’d seen them and their mother at the local soup kitchen and had even offered to help the mom in the past, knowing that she was struggling to get by.
According to Krystal, the boys were very dirty and covered in bug bites, needing several baths and lots of tender, loving care from their new guardians.
But Krystal and Ron didn’t know at the time that this ‘temporary arrangement’ was about to turn into a life-changing commitment.
A few days later, their mother and social worker came to the Stewarts and asked if they’d be willing to take the boys in on a more permanent basis. Otherwise, they’d have to go into the foster system.
Krystal and Ron needed to make their minds up very quickly. They say that they both knew exactly what to do, agreeing to take the boys in and feeling that “there was no other option”, as far as they were concerned.
Since then, parents of the boys decided to sign over custody of their kids to the Stewarts, with Ron and Krystal subsequently starting the adoption process!
The couple already had a few kids of their own, but their family has now grown with two new members, after the adoption become official. It’s an amazing story, starting off so sadly but finishing with a wonderful happy ending for these innocent kids.
Source: shareably.net
