Lost Phone

Lost Phone: When I was living in Brooklyn, McGolrick Park was just a few blocks from where I lived, and I would go there quite often. I was skateboarding there one afternoon and I think my phone must have fallen out of my pocket. After I realized it was missing, I looked everywhere for it, and just when I was about to give up, I saw this girl standing towards the middle of the park with what looked like my phone in her hand. I gently approached her and asked if she had found it, and she said that yes, she had and that she was actually just on the phone with my mom which took me by surprise. Like so many others, I have a spot on my phone reserved for my parents, and this girl who found my phone called that number and after talking to my mom, she decided to wait around for a bit to see if the owner would show up. It was one of those moments that restores your faith in people when you need it the most. I remember being so relieved that I didn’t have to buy another phone.

When I got back to my apartment, I called my mom and she was just as thankful that I connected with the girl that found my phone as I was. After we talked about the details, she started to break into laughter and told me that almost the first thing that the girl said when she called was, “I found this phone and I already have one, so I don’t need it.” My mom and I thought that was just about the funniest thing we ever heard and we must have joked about that line for a year straight. It never got old. With today being Mother’s Day, I was thinking of some of the things that used to make us laugh, and this was is a story that always brings a smile to my face. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there. I hope you have a great one with the people that are unmistakably a part of you.