A Very Late Christmas Present

Christmas Eve I wrote about the deeply unpleasant experience of my mother having her purse snatched from Wal-Mart.

She was lucky in the fact that she was carrying nothing of monetary value, but she did lose a few sentimental items that really bummed her out. We held out hope that someone would find the purse and turn it in to the police, but to be honest we gave up on that thought weeks ago.

So imagine our huge surprise when Mom got a phone call today telling her that a good Samaritan had found her handbag in a ditch near Wal-mart and turned it in!

The most amazing thing about this whole thing is that everything was still in it, albeit really, really moldy from having been out in the weather for well over a month. Obviously the thief took one look, saw there was no cash or credit cards, and threw it away in a tremendous crackhead huff.

It really made our day! Now I just have to convince her that she probably - for the sake of all that is fashion holy in this world - NOT consider going back to using a cloth bag that has been outside for almost two months.

Because she is ....