I just love happy endings...

Saturday afternoon, Dan and I had a few hours away from ALL the kids. After choosing new paint colors for the kitchen/dining room, a visit to Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol museum (with free admission for RADical days), and dinner at Olive Garden, we were driving home when we noticed a wallet in the middle of the road. We turned around and picked it up and looked for a phone number. We didn't find one, so we plugged the address on the driver's license into our GPS. The residence was right around the corner from the place we found it, so we drove over to the house. We assumed someone had placed the wallet on top of their car by mistake, drove out of their plan, then hit the gas on the main road, which made the wallet fly off the roof of the car. No one was home, so we left the wallet inside the front storm door. We assumed by the design of the house that they rarely used their front door and usually went into the garage. We were leery of leaving a note in a visible place, so we looked up the phone number when we got home. The owner of the wallet had an unlisted number, so after repeatedly using reverse address lookups, etc. I decided to try Facebook. Found the owner, and sent him a message. I could tell from his lack of a profile picture etc, that he rarely uses Facebook. I was a little worried that he wouldn't get the message. But I decided that I did all I could, and gave it to God, trusting that He would do the rest. Just tonight, I got a Facebook message back from the owner, saying how grateful he was that we returned his wallet! I was happy and relieved that the wallet was returned to its rightful owner. He asked for our address so he could send a token of thanks. I thought about this for a few minutes. We certainly didn't return the wallet in order to get any reward. But he should have an opportunity to show his gratitude if he wants to. So I told him he could make a donation to the Lighthouse. Don't you just love happy endings where everyone wins?

And if you'd like to make a donation to the Lighthouse, you can do just that, here. =)