{"id":9312,"date":"2025-03-23T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=9312"},"modified":"2025-03-23T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:45:00","slug":"grieving-mom-sells-deceased-sons-crib-for-2-buyer-returns-it-next-week-leaves-her-in-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=9312","title":{"rendered":"Grieving mom sells deceased son\u2019s crib for $2, buyer returns it next week, leaves her in tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/08\/16085058\/acacac-664x350.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/08\/16085058\/acacac-664x350.jpg 664w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/08\/16085058\/acacac-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/08\/16085058\/acacac-412x216.jpg 412w\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"350\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<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><div class=\"feaje69f5efdcd5421\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.feaje69f5efdcd5421 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.feaje69f5efdcd5421 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.feaje69f5efdcd5421 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.feaje69f5efdcd5421 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.feaje69f5efdcd5421 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\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-2bed3244f70f7f4e580036da3efeceed\" class=\"newsner-2bed3244f70f7f4e580036da3efeceed newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"newsner-1062052558\" class=\"newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"bb-iawr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb_iawr\">\n<div id=\"bb-wr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb-media bb_wrapper bb-muted bb-phase-init bb-mode-video bb-pendingplay\" data-flags=\"{}\" data-softembargoremainingtime=\"0\" data-sid=\"8Ltl79IjB8GK\" data-isready=\"true\" data-autoplaynextremainingtime=\"0\">\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-content-layer\">\n<div class=\"bb-fitme bb-head-layer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-fitme bb-poster-layer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img alt=\"\" \/><img alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-fitme bb-timeline-layer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-subtitle-layer\">\n<div 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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 class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/08\/16085058\/acacac-664x350.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/08\/16085058\/acacac-664x350.jpg 664w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/08\/16085058\/acacac-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/08\/16085058\/acacac-412x216.jpg 412w\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"350\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<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. 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Explaining she stopped feeling Noah kick only weeks before he was born, she adds, \u201cHe wasn\u2019t moving as much. 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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<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<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<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.<\/p>\n<p><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<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<h2 id=\"h-memorial-bench\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Memorial bench<\/h2>\n<p>One week later, Gerald returned to Watt\u2019s home with a precious gift.<\/p>\n<p>The man converted the pieces of wood from Noah\u2019s unused crib and turned it into a bench.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started crying instantly,\u201d a teary-eyed Watts shares.<\/p>\n<p>Later speaking with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/empty-crib-healing-heart-strangers-unexpected-gift-helps-grieving-mom-2d79669289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Today<\/a>, she says of the bench, \u201cIt\u2019s beautiful. I thought, \u2018There\u2019s still kind people out there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10202012752742244%26set%3Da.1063343865688%26type%3D3&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"706\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unused crib is a sad reminder,\u201d Gerald tells Today. \u201cA bench is more of a memorial. It\u2019s part of that sad happening, yet it\u2019s not a reminder like a crib would be, an empty crib.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Helping her deal with her grief, the bench still sits by a corner bookcase that holds photos of Noah, his handprints and footprints, and his ashes.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the bench offers her a mixed set of emotions, Watts says, \u201cI\u2019m overwhelmed with joy that it\u2019s not just sitting somewhere unused. Now I can sit in it, hold his bear, think about him if I need to.\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%2Fpfbid02z9Vr5A33x2owkYKKUvasXeeXSnrndQs8gjz5oR5MuadDfGu3Sb6U75ZLvjUxXPUql&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"669\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She adds, \u201cIn a way, when I\u2019m sitting in it, I feel comforted by his presence, even though he\u2019s not here. It\u2019s like a peaceful, it\u2019s-OK type feeling. When I feel down, I can sit on the bench and I feel OK, everything\u2019s going to be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watts married Noah\u2019s father Jimi Hamblin in 2014. 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