Roberta Hoskie, a real estate agent in New Haven, Connecticut, received a strange phone call on an otherwise typical autumn day. She hadn't realized until then that she'd misplaced a cheque on the way to work. The caller on the other end of the line had some terrible news. Why? Because the man who found the cheque, Elmer Alvarez, was actually a homeless person, and there would be several twists and turns in the road before she finally got the cheque back.
It's Just the Way Things Are
It's simple to misplace or forget something during the day's hectic activities. But even if we persuade ourselves that material possessions aren't necessary, we may nevertheless lose something of great value, making the moment of its recovery all the more meaningful. East Coast real estate agent Roberta Hoskie would learn in a baffling fashion that she had misplaced something of immeasurable worth.