these things happen too

[kip_w]

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I saw in the paper today that there's a woman in California who basically takes responsibility for babies born and abandoned. The coroner calls her, and she comes into that room and prays and talks to the baby and gives him or her a name and wraps them in a homemade quilt and gives them a burial. She's very religious and gets by on a relative shoestring. In her other free time, she talks to people, trying to make them aware of the laws that say they can bring the child to a hospital and not face charges, feeling that if they only knew, they wouldn't leave these infants to their death. She just wants them to know.

Anyway, she won the lottery. Of course, she'll use most of the money to keep doing her work for her "angels." She feels that maybe they did this for her, and she's happy to think of them playing in Heaven. You know, usually I don't care who wins the lottery. She says this is only the third time she and her husband bought a ticket.

Nice world sometimes. Good things can even happen to good people.
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Comments

[armoire-man.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful. I'm glad she got a windfall, because she's obviously got a calling, and a great one at that.

[carbonel]

Just because I'm a copyeditor. I infer from your other comments that these are babies who are born and abandoned that have subsequently died. I wonder if she has anything to do with abandoned babies who survive; that would be rather more cheerful.

In any case, it's a nice story, and sometimes deserving people do win the lottery.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Typing this, I thought the word "coroner" was close enough to the clinical grimness of it. "That room" refers to the autopsy room.

I don't think she deals with the ones that live, though I have a vague recollection from the article that she may have adopted one some time back.

[aetra.livejournal.com]

Kip! I did not know you had a lj! I saw your comment on supergee's post! I have one, too, even though I don't post anything nearly as erudite and/or socially conscious as Arthur. ! I'm adding you - Julie

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

It's great to see you, Julie! Do you plan to come to MarsCon this year? Arthur's been a great connection here for people I used to live near and don't any more. Like Armoire Man!

[aetra.livejournal.com]

Ummm...Mars Con isn't currently on my con list. When is it?

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

According to this, it's January 21 to 23. I guess I should go read that link, because apart from knowing that I'll be there, I don't know much else about the con this year. I expect to help provide some video programming.

[aetra.livejournal.com]

Alas, as I feared, that is the exact same weekend as Chattacon this time. Chattacon used to ALWAYS be MLK Jr. weekend, but due to a now regular plague of cheerleaders uponst Chattanooga, they had to move.

Chattacon was my very first convention, where I turned 16. I've celebrated my birthday there more than half my birthdays, and this time I will turn 40 (yes, I can't believe it either) right before and there are many festivities planned, so...

[aetra.livejournal.com]

Well, that and the fact that Chattacon is approximately 500 miles closer.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Details!

Oh well; thought I'd ask, anyway. Enjoy the weekend, anyway!