As a child I was taught that “finders keepers” was not always the case. Just because you find something, doesn’t mean it’s yours or that it’s right to keep it. That could not have rang more true one day, in the spring of 1983 when I was walking home from school. I had about two blocks to go before reaching home and looked down only to spot a $20.00 bill laying in the grass. I thought I had struck it rich! I proceeded another block, turned the corner and noticed a young lady with two kids walking rather fast, while looking down as if she had lost something. I stopped her and asked if she had lost something? She replied that she had lost some money and was looking for it. I then pulled the $20.00 out of my pocket and asked, “Is it this it?” She immediately exclaimed, “Yes!” and started to cry. She gave me a kiss on the cheek and continued towards town all the while repeating, “Thank You, God Bless You, Thank You, God Bless You.” I never saw that lady or those kids again, years went by I grew up and moved away.
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