The Peanut Chronicles

Monday, June 12, 2006

Humanity

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

This morning I was talking in my living room to Mamma C about this past weekend's events and life with Nut in general when my cell phone rang. I looked at the number. It wasn’t any that I had on ID. In fact, the pretext of it was from one of the suburbs of Metropolis, near the small snob hick town. I answered the phone:

“Hello?”

“Hello, my name is Officer Johnson and I am calling you from the Metro Police Department this morning…”

(At this point my heart skipped a little. What had I done that warranted a phone call from the cops? A list of every illegal record-sealing thing I have done in my life popped into my head. )

“Good morning. How can I help you?”

“A gentleman came by here this morning. Someone had left a camera and what looks like a dairy on his front porch. The dairy had this number in it…”

I am sure he said more but my shriek of joy cut him of (and woke up Nut who was sleeping soundly on Mamma C). The grin on my face was immeasurable. Mamma C just looked at me.

I babbled to the cop excitedly how it must have just dropped out of my bag when I went to get my son out of the car. Someone saw both in the street, picked them up, and left them on the porch of the house I parked in front of. That man was nice enough to bring it to the police station.

Just when you lose faith in humanity, a true bright light and an honest to god GOOD person comes into your life, changing your views, if even for a moment.

I have Jo. I have my pictures of Nut. I have piece of mind. All because of at least two strangers who did the right thing.

Humanity is a beautiful thing.