Freaky Friday

You all know that Jeff has spectacular luck...either it's really good or it's really bad. He's been known to win huge prizes like a computer and a flat-screen TV but once he was cuffed by the police and thrown over the hood of his car because he happened to be wearing the same color shirt and driving the same color and model car as an armed robber. We never know what's going to happen to him next but it sure is interesting living with this guy.

Today he volunteered to take a few bags of stuff to Goodwill for me while Sam napped so that I could have lunch and relax a little. He was gone a long time considering that Goodwill is only about five minutes from our house and when he came back he was shaking his head. When I asked him what the deal was, he told me the most incredible thing had happened to him. When he pulled up to Goodwill, a little old lady was in front of him, unloading a trailer, one slow item at a time. Since there was only one employee working at the time, Jeff decided to help her carry everything in to spare her both the weight of the load and the freezing cold outside. They were nearing the end of the trailer when Jeff picked up a wooden chest. As he did, he felt something slide around inside and figured that there had to be old family photographs or letters inside. He asked the old lady if she knew what was in the chest, not wanting her to donate it with its contents unkown. She replied that she had no idea what was in there because it was locked and she just liked it so much she couldn't bear to destroy it. Jeff persuaded her that she needed to know the contents of the chest and she finally allowed him to pry it open. Upon examination, the chest was full of over $30,000 in government bonds, all at least 20-30 years old. With appreciation, she had easily $100,000.00 in that chest.

Mouth agape, she told Jeff that she and her husband had been poor their whole lives and she had no idea where all these bonds came from. She offered him some as a finders fee, which he quickly turned down. He strongly advised her to go to a bank and call someone from her family. And then he made sure that she got in her car and drove off unharmed. (Our Goodwill is in kind of a shady neighborhood.)

I think my husband is a superhero on a regular basis but today he really was a superhero to a stranger. What an incredible thing to have happen on a random Friday!