Wallet Travels

I always find it kind of cool when someone loses something, and the item overcomes a bunch of obstacles to get back to its owner. Like a camera where someone has to play detective with the images inside, for example.

Recently a wallet has made this kind of journey. I have returned wallets I've found in the past. I've also had one returned to me, and all that was missing was the postage. It makes you feel really good when someone repays your honesty like that.

New Yorker Allison Gubala left hers in a cab one afternoon, and along with cash and credit cards she lost some precious photos, including one of a friend who had recently passed away.

Enter Hero Number One - the cab driver. Rather than pocketing the contents, he found Allison's address, and delivered the wallet.

Unfortunately, Allison had moved. Enter Hero Number Two, the new resident of that building, Irene Cheng. She and the cabbie had hoped the building supervisor might have a forwarding address.

He didn't. But, undeterred, Irene went searching, and found Allison on Facebook.

Enter Happy Ending! :)