Mom of 5 Feeds 3 Lonely Boys She Found, ‘Are You Our Mommy Now?’ They Ask Her – Story of the Day

A mother of five children rescues three homeless siblings and takes them to Child Services. But she can’t forget them and comes up with a plan to bring them into her life.

Lacy loved being a mom so much she’d done it five times! She and her husband Brian were the proud parents of three boys and two girls, and she sometimes wished they’d had more, especially now that the three older children were in college and the two youngest were in high school.

“We’ll be alone again soon,” Lacy told Brian sadly. “I’m going to miss having children around.”

Brian nodded absently, even though he wasn’t really listening. “Yes, dear,” he said. Lacy smiled. She loved Brian, and she loved that he always understood how she felt!

Three days later, Lacy’s life and her marriage were turned upside down. She was walking her dog on the beach when she heard a baby crying near an old abandoned lifeguard hut. The dog started barking and ran towards the hut. Lacy followed it and saw it wagging its tail happily.

In front of the dog were three children. The oldest looked to be five years old, the second oldest maybe four, and the third was a baby still in a carriage. The two oldest children looked frightened, and the baby just looked upset and very hungry.

A family is founded on love, and the willingness to give of ourselves.

“Hello,” Lacy said gently. “Who are you?”

The oldest boy said, “I’m Drew, that’s my brother Kim, and that’d baby Will — he’s two.”

“I’m Lacy,” she said. “And where is your mom?”

Drew looked away. “Mom went to get hamburgers,” he said bravely. “But maybe she got lost, ’cause it’s been a long time.”

“Yesterday,” Drew whispered. “But I KNOW she’s coming back.”

“I tell you what,” Lacy said. “Why don’t I take you to have a burger, and then we can find your mom?”

“But…” Drew frowned. “If she comes back she won’t know where we are!”

“We’ll leave her a note, OK?” Lacy said. She wrote a note and pinned it to the door of the broken-down lifeguard hut. “I’ve written down my cell phone number too, so she can call us!”

Lacy took the kids to a beachfront burger restaurant, and while the kids ate, she called the police and Child Services. Then she returned to the table and ordered milkshakes.

The kids were smiling and relaxed. That was when little Will reached over and patted Lacy’s cheek. “Are you our mommy now?” he asked.

“No, no…” Lacy stammered. “We’re going to find your mommy, you’ll see.”

But Social Services weren’t as hopeful. They knew that if someone wanted to disappear, they could....