At 72, I\u2019m raising my baby granddaughter Amy after losing my only daughter, Sarah, during childbirth.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, after a difficult pediatrician visit, Amy and I ducked into a small caf\u00e9 to escape the rain.<\/p>\n
But before I could even feed her, a woman at the next table snapped, \u201cThis isn\u2019t a daycare. Take that crying baby outside.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her companion joined in, and even the waitress told me to finish feeding Amy outside.<\/p>\n
I felt humiliated. I had nowhere else to go.<\/p>\n
Then Amy suddenly stopped crying.<\/p>\n
She stared toward the caf\u00e9 entrance and reached out her tiny hand.<\/p>\n
Two police officers had just walked inside.<\/p>\n
The manager had called them on me.<\/p>\n
But after hearing what happened, the older officer looked at the manager and asked, \u201cSo the disturbance was\u2026 a hungry baby?\u201d<\/p>\n
The younger officer took Amy into his arms and calmed her instantly.<\/p>\n
Instead of making us leave, the officers sat down with us, ordered coffee and pie, and listened to my story.<\/p>\n
Three days later, my cousin called screaming:<\/p>\n
\u201cMaggie! You\u2019re in the newspaper!\u201d<\/p>\n
The younger officer\u2019s sister was a local reporter. She had published the story, along with a photo of me and Amy.<\/p>\n
The story went viral.<\/p>\n
The caf\u00e9 manager was fired.<\/p>\n
And when I returned a week later, a new sign was hanging on the door:<\/p>\n
\u201cBABIES WELCOME. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The waitress smiled and told me, \u201cOrder whatever you want. It\u2019s on the house.\u201d<\/p>\n For the first time in a long time, I felt like maybe the world still had some kindness left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" They Kicked Me and My Baby Granddaughter Out of the Caf\u00e9 \u2014 Then Justice Walked In At 72, I\u2019m raising my baby granddaughter Amy after losing my only daughter, Sarah, during childbirth. Yesterday, after a difficult pediatrician visit, Amy and I ducked into a small caf\u00e9 to escape the rain. But before I could even…<\/p>\n