A young woman\u2019s impulse to help a grieving little girl ended up turning her life around and bringing her happiness.How many of us can claim that destiny came knocking on our door? Yet that is what happened to Anna Uriel. In Anna\u2019s case, destiny took the shape of a little girl with big brown eyes, her hair in a braid.Anna answered the doorbell and found herself staring down at a little girl no more than six years old in a pretty gingham dress. \u201cHi sweetheart,\u201d she said gently. \u201cI think you have the wrong house.\u201dThe girl shook her head. \u201cNo, this is my mommy\u2019s house. Please can you call her?\u201d\u201dI\u2019m sorry, hun,\u201d Anna said. \u201cI\u2019m the only person who lives here.\u201dThe child started crying. \u201cPlease, please! I need my mommy!\u201dHun, where is you daddy?\u201d\n
asked Anna.\u201dHe\u2019s at home. He says mommy\u2019s gone forever, but I know it isn\u2019t true. She\u2019s here!\u201d the girl sobbed.Anna crouched down and looked the little girl in the eye. \u201cSweetie, I promise you your mommy\u2019s not here.How about I give you some warm milk and cookies and I take you home to your daddy?\u201dThe girl looked up at Anna sadly. \u201cOkay,\u201d she whispered.Anna turned to lead the girl into the house, but when she looked around again she was gone. Had it all been a dream? Anna walked next door and knocked on Mrs.\n
Freman\u2019s door.She told Mrs. Freman about the mysterious little girl. \u201cShe vanished so quickly I almost felt it had all been a dream!\u201d Anna concluded.Mrs. Freman poured Anna some tea. \u201cYour house used to belong to a little family. They had a little girl. Nice people. But the mother became very ill and after she passed away her husband sold the house. That must be the child.\u201d\u201dPoor thing!\u201d Anna sighed. \u201cTo lose her mother so young!\u201d\u201dI can\u2019t remember their name\u2026\u201d Mrs. Freman said. \u201cIt\u2019s my memory\u2026But the little girl\u2026 Her name was Cassie!\u201d\u201dCassie,\u201d Anna said. \u201cIf she comes back, I\u2019ll call the police, take her home. She\u2019s much too young to be wandering the streets alone.\u201d\n
But Cassie didn\u2019t come back and Anna\u2019s life continued as planned.Anna had always believed in making plans. She\u2019d planned to marry at 25 and to become a mother at 28, but for four years she and her husband had tried to conceive, and still there was no baby.After a lot of painful treatments, Anna became pregnant, but sadly, she lost her baby when he was only a month old. The doctors told her her chances of having another were slim to none.Her husband told her quite frankly that being childless was not in his plans, and he didn\u2019t want to adopt. He walked out and left Anna devastated and alone with her shattered dreams.So Anna could understand Cassie\u2019s pain, the empty place in her life and in her arms where her baby should be. Anna knew how hard it is to let go.\n
She hoped Cassie would come back, but months went by without a visit.Then one winter evening, there was a knock on her door. There in the doorway stood Cassie huddled in a winter coat, tears freezing on her little cheeks. \u201cPlease, lady, I really need my mommy. Daddy\u2019s on the floor and I can\u2019t wake him up. Please, please call my mommy!\u201dAnna was horrified. She grabbed her coat and her purse. \u201cHoney, Cassie, right? Can you show me where your daddy is?\u201dDestiny can bring happiness to our door when we least expect it.The child smiled radially up at Anna. \u201cI knew you\u2019d remember me, mommy! Come!\u201d and she tugged urgently on Anna\u2019s hand and led her to an apartment building three blocks away.Anna found the front door open, and lying in the middle of a squalid room was an unconscious man. She tried to shake him awake.\n
He stank of alcohol! She dragged him off the floor and onto the couch and walked into the kitchen. It was a disgrace.Anna set a pot of coffee brewing and started to clean up. Cassie followed her. \u201cMommy, are you going to make cookies? I\u2019ve missed your cookies!\u201d\u201dCassie, I\u2019m not your mommy, but I\u2019ll make you some cookies,\u201d Anna told the little girl. Over the next hour, Anna restored some much-needed order to the apartment and popped a tray of cookies into the oven.Soon the delicious aroma of cookies and coffee filled the house. Anna filled a mug with coffee and went back to the man. She shook him. \u201cWake up!\u201d she ordered, \u201cYour daughter needs you!\u201dThe man opened swollen eyes and for a moment his face reflected a dawning hope. \u201cBess?\u201d he whispered.\u201dI\u2019m Anna, and your daughter came knocking on my door looking for her mother.\u201d Anna\u2019s voice was harsh. \u201cShe needs her father, so sober up and pull yourself together!\u201dThe man struggled up off the couch. \u201cI don\u2019t need you or your help! Get out\u201d\u201dI\u2019m not here for you, you fool.\n
I\u2019m here for Cassie.\u201d Anna snapped. \u201cAnd remember, while you were here wallowing in self-pity she was knocking on a stranger\u2019s door.\u201dAnna kissed Cassie goodbye and walked out. She never imagined she\u2019d see Cassie or her awful dad ever again, but a week later, there was a knock on her door. A tall handsome man was standing there.\u201dHi,\u201d he said nervously. \u201cI wanted to thank you and to apologize\u2026\u201d\u201dI\u2019m sorry,\u201d Anna said bewildered. \u201cWho are you?\u201dThe man blushed. \u201cI\u2019m Jeffrey, Cassie\u2019s dad.\n
I wanted to thank you for what you did for Cassie \u2014 and for me. I was so lost in my grief I didn\u2019t realize what Cassie was going through.\u201dAnna smiled. \u201cIt\u2019s okay, I know how hard it is to pull through those dark days.\u201dJeffrey looked into Anna\u2019s sad eyes. \u201cYou lost someone too?\u201d\u201dMy son,\u201d Anna whispered, tears in her eyes. \u201cAfter he died, my husband left\u2026\u201dFrom then on, Anna started visiting Cassie and Jeffrey and the three of them helped each other through their grief. One day, Anna and Jeffrey discovered they were in love \u2014 Cassie already knew \u2014 and they got married. Two years later, Anna was blessed by an unexpected miracle. She discovered she was pregnant and she and Jeffrey welcomed a beautiful, healthy baby boy. Cassie became the proudest big sister in the world.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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