Last night (Saturday) I was sitting in my usual spot in my favorite coffee shop.Enjoying something a bit different last night a nice cold Frappuccino.
While enjoying my beverage I was reading some blogs, responding to comments, and chatting with a new friend on FetLife.
Yesterday afternoon was the local munch, had a good time met some new people and had some interesting and evenly lively conversations.
I digress though, that is neither here nor there.
As I was wrapping up my evening at said coffee shop I was looking forward to going home, making myself comfortable and making my usual evening phone call.
I packed everything in the saddle bags and headed out of the parking lot. As I made the turn to enter the outer road to exit the shopping center I noticed something on the ground.
It was a dollar bill, my first reaction was alright this is my lucky night.
I stopped and picked up the bill and as I did I noticed another, and then that one lead to another, and so on and so on.
At the end of the dollar trail was a wallet.
I picked it up and inside was someones life; their drivers license, medical card, debit card, and other identification.
At that point it became a bit more then just being lucky and finding a few loose dollars.
I knew what I needed to do just not quite sure how to go about it.
I looked in the wallet for a phone number but didn’t find one.
Making a quick call to a friend of mine we talked for a few minutes about what had transpired.
From that I settled on a course of action.
Because the response time on a Sat. evening is slow or should I say slooow for a non-emergency I headed to the sheriff’s office which was only a few miles form where I was.
After some back and forth and explaining what happened and how I had come across this I turned the wallet and the money over to the Deputy.
The Deputy then turned to me and told me how what I did restored her faith in people. How they see things like this all the time, lost wallets and purses but with the money, credit cards, etc, all gone.
I told her I believe in karma and turning it in was the right thing to do.
I’ve also been in that position before having lost my wallet one time many years ago.
It isn’t fun to get a new drivers license, debit card, etc…I wouldn’t wish it on anyone else.
Hoping that as I write this she has already been reunited with her wallet.