March 16, 2015 – Dayspring Disciples

So, as Marie and I are sitting at the school table in my bedroom this morning, Tabitha comes by and says something about finding a dollar, and the bookcase, and keeping it. I was only half-listening as I was doing English grammar with Marie. SomEtHInG made me pay attention and asked her to repeat what she had said.

“I was looking in the bookcase in the basement and I found an envelope with, like,a dollar with one hundred on it, so can I keep it?”
”Can I see the envelope?” I asked.
She handed it to me.

I gasped, paused, and ROARED with laughter.

WELL OVER TWO YEARS AGO I gave my friend Jenn an envelope with $100 and instructions to buy breakfast for her family somewhere on vacation. She had said something about not taking it, but I never thought of it again.

Until today.

Somewhere along the line she likely returned some books, or we borrowed some books and somehow her RETURN envelope with the words “Spanish Classes” got wedged in the BOOKS.

Mind you – it had to be some while ago. They moved to Oregon October 2013 & book exchange has been suspended.

And – nah – I can pretty much guarantee there aren’t more hidden treasures in the books downstairs.

Poor sweet Tabitha. She was beside herself that I wasn’t going to let her keep it. “But I found it!” she lamented sorrowfully as she saw her dreams of a new Lego Girls set go down the drain. I did offer her some chocolate. She beamed and agreed.