I used to work for a family owned company. The founder used to stop by to visit a couple of times a week. He would make his rounds catching up with the employee's before meeting with his children to discuss business matters. I will never forget his beaming smile when he came into my office wanting to know (as always) "What's the Good Word, Shannon?" It was a refreshing way to start a conversation and a demand of sorts that your response be positive in nature. It always made me stop and think....what IS the good word today?
Today ..... I offer a wonderful story of a woman who lost her wedding ring...eight years ago! What's the good word today? Her grandson found the ring! Full story is below and contributed by the Associated Press:
A phone call distracted her while she cleaned up and she didn't realize the ring was missing until after her trash had been hauled away. She searched the compost pile with no luck and figured the ring was gone forever.
This spring, she decided her garden was too difficult to keep up and asked her grandson to till it so she could plant grass.
Nick Welker was tilling the area when he spotted what he thought was a pop top. He bent down to pick it up and found what looked like his grandmother's lost wedding ring.
His grandfather is deceased, and he showed the ring to his parents, who confirmed his suspicion. Together they decided to surprise Norma Welker with the cleaned up ring for her 80th birthday.
"I really couldn't believe it," Norma Welker said. "It just seemed like it was so impossible. I asked him where on Earth did you get this?"
Norma Welker points out that if her grandson hadn't found the ring it likely would have been lost forever after the area was planted with grass.
As surprising as the find was, it wasn't the first time Nick Welker recovered a lost wedding ring.
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Nick Welker returned it and refused the substantial reward she offered, Norma Welker said.
"He doesn't need a metal detector to be a treasure hunter," she said. "It was something that was just supposed to happen, I guess."
Got to love a happy ending!
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