Hi Al,

I actually found a child’s coat and teddy bear at a local park in nearby. The coat had one of your stickers in it so I went through the process and was able to return the coat and bear to their owner, a young boy. As it turns out, the bear had a voice recording feature which was the boy’s Dad telling him goodnight and that he loved him. The dad was in the Armed Services and deployed overseas so this was their way of staying connected since they didn’t get to talk to each other very often over the phone. The little boy had been distraught over losing the bear because it was so special to him, for obvious reasons. The mother was beyond grateful that I took the time to get the items back to her.

Now that I have a child I thought I’d better get some of these to put in her clothes too.

It still makes me tear up thinking about how excited he was to get his bear back! I’ll never forget the look on his face.

Kind Regards,

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