My husband and I had spent the day in the hospital due to heart trouble. It took all day to get his heart rate stabilized. When we got to the car, someone had broken in and stolen his briefcase, containing his checkbook, atm card and ipod (with his entire music collection. He was devastated, we were both stressed about the missing checkbook and atm card (the police could not do anything without a description of the thief). All the while, I am trying to keep my husband's heart rate stable. We thought, "That's almost like graverobbing-robbing someone while they're sick and hospitalized. That's as low as you can get!"


After getting my husband and kids home, I went to get his new prescription. When I got home, I received a call from a woman who had found my husband's briefcase under her car in the parking structure. She gave me her address, and I went over to get it. She and her boyfriend had found the briefcase and several other backpacks in the hospital parking structure near their car. She took them home and called right away to let us know.


We were relieved and grateful; not just upon the return of most of what was lost (no iPod, but the checkbook and atm card were still there), but because our faith in our fellow man had been shattered, yet was restored by this act of kindness and caring thoughtfulness on the part of two strangers. Many thanks to the folks on Evergreen Avenue. I hope we can pay forward the kindness one day.