Joy, grief and a handwritten letter bring two Louisiana families together

A few weeks ago, a baby boy entered the world in the heart of Cajun country -- Lafayette, Louisiana.

His parents, Connie Despanie and Benjamin Hall, named him Kingston. But they were undecided on a middle name, until right after he was born when inspiration arrived in the form of a handwritten letter delivered by a stranger, reports CBS News' David Begnaud.

A surveillance camera at Lafayette General Medical Center captured the moment. Who was that woman with the letter?

"To my dad's angel, even though I will never know your name, you are the first child born here after my dad's passing. When one life is taken, another is given. Please keep my dad in your prayers," the letter reads.

Jamie Fontenot is the stranger. She wrote the letter shortly after her father died in the hospital. She was inspired to write the music that she heard playing on the hospital's PA system. It's a lullaby that plays throughout the hospital when a newborn has just arrived.


Source :- cbsnews

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