04/15/2025
"A Lost Wallet, A Found Faith"
I still believe in the goodness of humankind—and on my birthday, life gave me the most beautiful reminder.
It started like any other weekday morning. I was about to drive the kids to school when I realized something: I couldn’t find my wallet. My heart dropped. Inside it were my credit and debit cards, my driver’s license—everything. I searched the house high and low. Nothing. My husband, thankfully, was home and drove the kids to school while I kept looking.
Then a memory hit me. The last time I used my wallet was Saturday evening, when the kids and I went to Walmart for groceries. Sunday came and went—we went to church, but I wasn’t driving, so I didn’t notice it was missing. And since it was also my birthday, I told myself not to stress about it. I checked my bank account—no strange activity. That gave me a little peace of mind. It’s probably just somewhere in the house or in the car, I told myself.
The next morning, after dropping the kids off, I went back to Walmart to pick up a few things. As I stood at the counter, something kept pulling my eyes toward the "Lost and Found" sign. I hesitated. Should I even bother asking? But something nudged me—just try.
So as I finished up, I turned to the lady at the counter and asked gently, “Did anyone happen to return a wallet?”
She asked me for a description. I told her how it looked.
And then—walla!—she smiled and handed it to me.
My wallet. Everything intact.
At that moment, I could’ve cried. I smiled so big I probably lit up the whole store. “Thank you, thank you,” I said again and again. Not just to her, but to the unknown stranger who found my wallet and took the time to return it.
To that person: Thank you for your honesty. Thank you for reminding me that goodness is not just an idea—it's alive and well.
And to everyone reading this: never lose hope in people. The world is still full of kind hearts and honest souls. Sometimes, all it takes is a lost wallet to find that faith again.