Tim MacSaveny

I received an email through my website’s contact form from a teenager that said: “I found your wallet.” Attached was a photo of my Prada wallet with my driver’s license, debit card, and credit cards inside. She wrote, “Please call me so I can get it back to you.” The crazy part? I didn’t even know it was lost. She had found it in the parking lot of a strip mall where I get my nails done. When I called her, she said she’d been worried for hours because she knew that when I realized it was gone I would be “frantic.” I then spoke to her mom, who sent me their address. I drove about 30 minutes to their house to get it. When I got there I was so overwhelmed by her kindness that I cried. Her mom was standing on the front porch beaming and said, “I’m doing my best to teach my kids that doing the right thing matters.” I handed her a $100 bill. She smiled huge and thanked me. I told her the only person who deserved thanks was her. I mentioned the wallet was designer because a lot of 16-year-olds would have kept it. It was expensive. She didn’t. A lot of people would have used the credit cards inside. She didn’t. Instead, she spent hours worried about how I would feel when I realized it was gone. Friends, please know that good and honest humans absolutely exist. And when you’re faced with a decision, ask yourself, “What would I hope a stranger would do if the situation were reversed?”