Disclaimer: I don't own the copyrights to the bible. GOD does. This is an AU story
When Mary was four months pregnant she took a walk on a cold day. About 30 minutes into her walk she saw a newborn baby. She had been abandoned. She wasn't dressed. Mary shook her head in disbelief. The parents of this child hadn't even bothered to dress her. They just left her in the grass with nobody to care for her. Instinctively Mary picked the newborn up.
"It's alright little one," she said softly to her, "I think I will call you Heaven because you are a gift from GOD."
Mary wrapped her in her own coat and walked as quickly as she could to her home. In the home, she heated up some water and put it in a basin. Joseph came home shortly after.
"Is that Him," he asked delightedly.
"Does this look like a "Him" to you," Mary asked laughing.
Joseph frowned confused.
"It's a girl," he asked.
"I found her on my walk," Mary explained, "She had been abandoned to die. Whoever did that to her should be tormented in hell!"
"Mary," Joseph said gently, "We are not well off. Can we even afford to care for 2 babies let alone one?"
"So if we were expecting twins we would abandon one of them?" Mary asked.
"Of course not," Joseph soothed, "But this is not our baby technically."
"I love Heaven," Mary said softly.
Joseph sighed inaudibly.
"You named her already? Of course, you did," he said with a chuckle.
"I called her heaven since she is a gift from heaven," Mary explained.
Joseph couldn't help but smile as Mary got her out of the basin and wrapped her in a towel.
He held out his arms.
"Careful," Mary said, "You have to support her head."
Joseph chuckled.
"Yes," he said, "I do know how to hold a baby."
He didn't think he would feel anything for the infant. After all, she wasn't family. She wasn't a gift from GOD either. But the second Heaven was placed in his arms he felt love come over him. She looked up at him and smiled.
"What do you think," Mary asked.
"I think she's perfect," he said kissing Mary, "I think you're perfect too."
Mary smiled. They were a small family. Their lives had grown just a little bigger in a most unexpected way.
This is the end of this story but Heaven will reappear in a few of the future stories… I hope you enjoyed this story.
