I Found a Diamond Ring on a Supermarket Shelf and Returned It to Its Owner — the Next Day, a Man in a Mercedes Showed Up at My Door

Later, we made a vacation jar from an old mason jar and some construction paper. Noah drew a roller coaster. Lily sketched a lake.

Max drew a rocket ship. Grace? Just a swirl of purple.

But I think she meant joy.

“Are we rich now?” Max asked.

“Not rich, but we’re safe,” I said.

“We can do more things now.”

He nodded and smiled at me.

I didn’t speak. I just pulled them all in — every one of my children — and held on for dear life.

Because sometimes life takes more than you think you can bear. It strips you down to the bone.

But sometimes, when you least expect it, it gives something back.

Something you didn’t even realize you were still hoping for.