Grief consumed Mary as she stared at the empty crib. John was supposed to be still with her and not gone far too soon. She lost the precious gift within a month after he was born. Alex, her husband had been her rock through it all. It has been already six months but she was still lost and on Christmas eve, she couldn't bring herself to celebrate the occasion .

John had been their miracle baby after five years of wait and she finally conceived after several treatments and they were happy even if poorer by the cost incurred. So each item she brought for John was carefully chosen, so it would be within the budget . Each item reflected her love and it had been the reason, she was unable to discard anything.

A Knock to the door, made her open it hoping to see Alex, who had been working too many shifts due to the debt they incurred, and their son was still gone.

But Instead of her husband, there stood a woman with a crying baby. "Do you have some food for my baby? " the woman spoke up and it was enough for Mary to invite the stranger into the house.

Mary fed the baby, while her mother ate the food she offered, And when she noticed the child's thin clothes, she dressed him up with her son's warm clothes and packed a suitcase full of her son's belonging for the baby.

Mary had been reluctant to part with them because it was all she had as the remainder of John, but the baby needed it more than her. The mother had been reluctant at first but Mary insisted that it wasn't worth much.

"It is not about how much you give but how much love you put into it and I can see those belongings means a lot to you, so thank you " the mother spoke up and left with her baby.

And when Mary returned back inside, it was to find a pamphlet lying on the crib, it must have fallen of the baby's clothes she thought, as she picked it up and found it to belong to an Orphanage.

Mary rushed back outside to ask if the mother was going to abandon the kid, she knew that the thought must have crossed her mind. But she was too late and she couldn't find them.

The Next day on Christmas Mary and Alex Visited the Orphanage to see if the baby was abandoned and it was where they met Hannah, their daughter. Mary had often thought about the woman, and how she led her to Hannah and made her realize, that while she lost John, they were kids who had lost their parents, and that they could adopt a child then let the grief consume them.

And Mary never would find out that the woman who visited that night was a Fairy and she was sent to brighten up Mary's life.

                                                      "The End "