Luck

On April 3rd, 2010 at 9:25 AM, my ringing phone woke me up. I, half way still asleep, answered the call from the caller listed as 'unknown' on my cell phone's screen.

"Hello?" I murmured.

"Hi, is this Amber?" a chipper woman on the other end asks.

"Yes..." I reply.

"This is Renee from the Hamilton Police 911 Emergency Center, I am calling to inform you someone reported finding your purse. A man found it in a river in Hamilton while he was fly fishing and wants to return it to you."

I immediately woke up...a week ago, my purse was stolen from my car.

She continued to give me the man's contact information and long story short- I GOT MY PURSE BACK! It was sopping wet and dirty. Obviously rummaged through, the contents that were once organized in my wallet where strewn about at the bottom of my purse. The hard earned cash was taken (of course) but my cards, phone, lip gloss etc. were left for a watery fate. While I have no more use for the canceled bank cards, dirty lip gloss, and destroyed cell phone, I feel like I received some closure. I was hurt and upset someone did this to me, but now I feel like this is a sign from God that it is time to move on...with a new purse of course.