Single Dad Finds Silver Pin in His Newborn Daughter’s Crib, It Wasn’t There a Few Hours Ago – Story of the Day

Jacob’s wife died in childbirth, and he was left to raise his daughter alone. He was cautious with her, but he couldn’t handle his workload and the child-rearing duties alone. One morning, he woke up and saw a pin in her crib that could’ve hurt her, then someone surprising knocked on the door.

“Jacob, your job is on the line. We have been patient with everything you have gone through, but your performance at work has been less than ok. We are officially placing you on probation,” Jacob’s boss, Mr. Clemens, told him. He could tell that the older man was sad about it, and Jacob didn’t have any excuses.

He often missed work, forgot about important meetings, and slacked on several projects. The fact they weren’t firing him ultimately was a miracle. “Mr. Clemens, I assure you. I’ll work something out. I just have to figure out what to do about Gigi,” he replied, thankful that he still had a job.

Jacob hired a nanny so he could go to work, but he couldn’t afford it forever, and unfortunately, Gigi was a fussy baby. She cried all the time, and nothing would soothe her at night. It was as if she knew something was missing.

“Oh no! I left the door unlocked! What is wrong with me?” Jacob lamented, rubbing his hair in frustration and sitting down on the couch.

He wished that his wife, Rita, was around for the thousandth time. She died on the birthing table, and it was the worst moment of his life. He had promised himself to care for Gigi like gold, and now he was failing. He couldn’t lose his job, but he had no idea how to calm her and settle their lives.

The one thing that calmed Gigi down was riding in the car once in a while, so one day, he took her out right before bedtime. Luckily, she fell asleep, and they returned home. He got her out of the car seat and gently laid her down on the living room crib. After heaving a huge sigh, he sat down on the couch and reclined his head on the back cushions. He didn’t notice when he fell asleep.

The following morning, he woke up surprised that he was still on the couch. He looked around and noticed that Gigi was awake and making noises. Fortunately, she wasn’t crying, but it was time for breakfast.

As he grabbed her from the crib, something caught his eye. There was a shiny pin on her crib. That was strange. Jacob was careful never to leave anything pointy around his daughter. He even stopped using buttoned shirts so she wouldn’t accidentally pull and put them in her mouth. This was so weird.

“I’m going to have a talk with Sabrina about this,” he resolved, referring to his nanny.

But there was a knock on the door right then. Jacob placed the baby in her crib again and went to answer it. “Mrs. Neal, good morning,” he...