Woman Adopts Disabled Twins She Found on Street, 12 Years Later They Make Her Rich — Story of the Day

Abbie worked as a sanitation worker to support her injured husband and was surprised to find an abandoned stroller near the trash cans one day. She peered inside and was startled to find twin baby girls sleeping in it.

The streets were still dark, and the early morning joggers were yet to begin their fitness regime for the day when Abbie was up and on her feet. She washed her face, changed her injured husband Steven’s dressing, and brewed herself a cup of coffee.

After finishing it in three quick sips, Abbie donned her uniform, and off she marched to work. She had already made Steven breakfast and left him a post-it note on the fridge, as she always did.

When she arrived at the first garbage dump of the day, she got out of her truck, emptied the bins, and gathered all the trash in one place. She was about to leave after loading them into her vehicle when she noticed an abandoned stroller in the middle of the road.

Wondering why a stroller was lying there with nobody visible in close sight, she decided to approach it. When she peeked inside, she jumped back, startled to find twin baby girls sleeping in it…

“Jesus! Who would leave their children out here like this?” she wondered.

Abbie looked around but didn’t see anyone. She knocked on a few nearby doors, asking if they knew anyone with twin baby girls, but no one did.

Finally, Abbie called the cops and the CPS was called in, and the kids were placed in their care.

“You didn’t find anything on the girls, ma’am? No information, no ID, nothing?” Officer Barton asked her.

“I didn’t,” she admitted. “But how—how can someone just leave such beautiful babies like that?”

The officer smirked. “You have no idea how many cases we receive of parents simply abandoning their children. I mean, it’s insane. Why have them if you can’t take care of them? Anyway, ma’am, thank you for your cooperation. We’ll let you know if we come across anything.”

“Thank you very much, officer,” Abbie said as she left.

That night at home, she felt terrible when she thought about the girls. Were they really abandoned? What if something terrible had happened to them? What if their parents were in trouble? What if…if their parents would never be found? Would Steven agree to adopt them?

Even Abbie knew she shouldn’t have been so pessimistic as to believe the girls’ parents would never be found, but a part of her wanted the children. The girls needed a loving home, and she and Steven had failed to conceive.

“What do you think, honey?” she asked her husband over dinner. “Would you take them in?”