Duck River, Tennessee — For so long as they have been married, Ashley and Spencer Totty of Duck River, Tennessee, have dreamed of elevating extra than simply the cows they’ve on their farm.
The previous highschool trainer and her utility lineman husband, married since October 2014, each actually needed a household.
“I’ve at all times needed to be a mother,” the 35-year-old Ashley informed CBS Information. “And we had been recognized with unexplained infertility. And we nonetheless do not know why.”
The couple had 5 miscarriages. In vitro fertilization therapies did not work, and the dream light.
That’s when Ashley obtained a message described by Spencer as “utterly out of the blue.” Now, she believes it was despatched by God. However on the time it got here within the type of a be aware by means of Fb Messenger, despatched by a former scholar from way back who had heard what the couple was going by means of.
“It is weighed heavy on my coronary heart for a number of years now,” the be aware from 27-year-old Hannah Dearman learn. “Idk (I do not know) the place you’re along with your journey to motherhood, or what your circumstances are. Nevertheless, In the event you ever want a surrogate, I might love that can assist you develop into a mother. I hope this is not bizarre, however I really like you and really feel such as you’re an exquisite individual and can be the very best mother. I’ve prayed for you typically.”
How did Ashley reply?
“I used to be like, you already know what, at this level, nothing is loopy to me,” Ashley mentioned.
Dearman, a mom of three, remembers her outdated trainer vividly.
“She was simply so loving and sort,” Dearman informed CBS Information. “And he or she’s caring. She has a terrific persona.”
So regardless that she had hardly seen Ashley since commencement, Dearman provided to hold her child without cost.
“I wanted to meet this,” Dearman mentioned.
Dearman gave delivery to Sophie Leigh Totty on July 29, 2024. Sophie is now about 7 months outdated and as completely happy as they arrive. She is a bubbly bundle of proof that good begets good, and sometimes, miracles come to those that deserve them most.
“It reassures me that there is a great quantity of positivity on the planet,” Spencer mentioned.
“She is so selfless,” Ashley mentioned of Dearman. “She’s an angel on earth.”
