I Gave $2 to an Elderly Woman at the Store — the Next Day, a Note Appeared on My Locker at Work

When you told me about helping an old woman with a baby, I knew it was her. Mom, she’s dying. She’s giving everything to that baby, and there’s nothing left.”

My heart raced.

“Her file’s a disaster,” Hannah continued.

“Wrong paperwork, missing records, wrong county. She needs help.”

What Hannah told me next made the room spin and made it clear this wasn’t just about $2 or a desperate woman with a baby.

“Why leave a note? You could’ve just called me.”

Hannah let out a breath.

“I passed by the store this morning. I wanted to call, but my phone was dead. I figured you’d be on shift soon, so I left the note.

I’d just turned my phone back on and thankfully, you called.”

She explained that Evelyn wouldn’t accept help. Said she kept talking about the system taking her baby. That she was barely eating.

How one bad day could leave that child alone.

I could hear the fear in my daughter’s voice.

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