A baby book has been reunited with its rightful owner after two decades apart.
When Cassidy Massie and her husband moved into a new home in Greenfield, Ohio, they made a shocking discovery – a baby book, owned by the home’s previous owner, Stephanie Clyburn, still in the attic.
The book featured photos of Clyburn’s son, Brystin Coldiron, who died in a November 2024 car crash. He was 22. The Massies were able to reunite Clyburn with the book just ahead of her first Mother’s Day since Clyburn’s death.
“I couldn’t believe that she had it, but once I saw it, I was like, ‘This is it. This is it.’ And like, I was excited, but peace came over me, like, I have from his beginning to his end,” Clyburn told WKRC.
“I’m a firm believer in God, and I think that was His way of being like, ‘Here, Mom. Happy Mother’s Day.’ I don’t know. I just feel it,” Clyburn elaborated to the outlet.
Massie told WKRC, “When the appraisal happened, we got the pictures and all that. And one of the pictures that showed there was a bunch of stuff up in the attic. And I told my husband, I was like, ‘I’m going to go up there at some point.’ ”
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She was ultimately able to find Clyburn through Facebook and was eager to reach out. “If somebody found something like that of ours, I would want them to reach out if they found it,” she told WKRC.
The baby book was not the only discovery – Massie also discovered a suitcase of Coldiron’s belongings.
Clyburn was emotional at the discovery. “My aunt bought that for him. This shirt. I even kept it, and it has throw-up on it. I washed it, yeah, but I kept it, and I was like, your first throw-up,” she told the outlet.
Massie is helping Clyburn find two more personal books that are potentially in the house, WKRC reported.
The grieving mother expressed gratitude for Massie’s act of kindness. “Being a stranger, they could have tossed it out. I’m very appreciative of her. I think if anybody ever comes across something like this, you always try to find its owner. You don’t know what they’re going through,” Clyburn said.
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