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July• 2018 | 15

celebration. We kicked ourselves
fornothavinginstalledtheFindMy
Phoneappandrealisedthechances
of inding the phone were slim.
At six the next morning my mobile
beepedloudly.WhenIreplayedthe
messageakindvoiceannounced
that she thought she had something
that belonged to my daughter and
couldIpleasecallherback.
Annabelhadwrittenmynumber
ontheinsideofherphone’scase–
good thinking!Sureenoughthis
wonderful angel Joy had been
manningacharitystandatthe
AustraliaDaycelebrationsandwhen
packinguphadfoundalittlepink
case under the table. “I’ll take it to

workwhileyouseeifanyonecanpop

inandpickitup”shekindlyofered

afterIexplainedthatmydaughter

wasatboardingschoolandIliveda

six-hour drive away.

Aftercontactingtheschooland

peopleIknowwholivenearitIwas

outofluck–noonewasabletogoand

pick up the phone not surprisingly as

itwasnearlyanhouraway.

LaterthatdayIdecidedtoask

ourangeltopostthephonetomy

daughter.ButwhenIsentheratextto

askifthiswouldbeOKshereplied:

“Wewilltakeittonightaswe’regoing

todrivedownthere.”Tomyutter

surprise this wonderful couple

whohadalreadyspentabusyday

at work and a late night manning

their charity stand were making a

two-hour round trip on a Saturday

nightespeciallytoreturnaphoneto

acompletestranger.

Igavethemdirectionsandthey

deliveredthephoneintothehandsof

my daughter at her boarding house.

he only word of an explanation was:

“I’ve got four children of my own I

knowhowamotherworries.”

Afterwhathadbeensucha

distressing week it was a wonderful

reminder of the good in the world

andhowtheactionsofoneperson

can mean the world to another.

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