Per reports, when the unfortunate mother, Valerie, delivered her stillborn son in July, she was heartbroken. Still grieving, she decided to part with most of the items she\u2019d bought in anticipation of bringing her son, Noah, home.\u00a0However, she was unwilling to let go of the white crib, and decided to exclude it from the garage sale she held last month. However, when retiree Gerald saw it, he asked to buy it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The then-28-year-old mom initially\u00a0hesitated, but finally relented when she heard that 75-year-old Gerald was a craftsman who made benches from secondhand footboards and headboards.\u00a0\u201cI was a little bit at peace with it because he\u2019d be making something nice,\u201d the mother said. She parted with it for $2.\u00a0The mother also had a conversation with Lorene, Gerald\u2019s wife, and she shared her heartbreaking story after Lorene saw the newborn clothes at the sale and asked Valerie how old her son was.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the way home, Lorene shared Valerie\u2019 story with Gerald. The couple, who have 15 kids and dozens of grandchildren, knew that the crib belonged with the unfortunate mother. A week later, the couple delivered a bench to Valerie made from the crib (SEE PHOTO)<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0Speaking to TODAY.com, Valerie reportedly said: \u201cIt\u2019s beautiful. I thought, \u2018There\u2019s still kind people out there.’\u201d\u00a0She placed the bench in her living room, where she can remember Noah.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m overwhelmed with joy that it\u2019s not just sitting somewhere unused,\u201d she said. \u201cNow I can sit in it, hold his bear, think about him if I need to.\u201d Valerie\u00a0had felt less fetal movement in the final days of her full-term pregnancy, and Noah was delivered on July 22 via cesarean section, just hours the mother and fianc\u00e9 Jimi learned that there was no heartbeat. According to doctors, the umbilical cord became compressed, depriving Noah of oxygen.\u00a0Lorene and Gerald, whose first granddaughter was stillborn, understood Valerie\u2019 pain better than most.\u00a0\u201cAn unused crib is a sad reminder,\u201d Gerald said. \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 Valerie\u00a0offered to pay him, but Gerald refused.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s just nice to be able to do something for someone. It\u2019s nice to help people,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Per reports, when the unfortunate mother, Valerie, delivered her stillborn son in July, she was heartbroken. Still grieving,…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-trending","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"\n