What's in your purse?

Have you ever considered what you would lose if you were to lose your purse? Consider all those phone calls you would have to make to cancel credit cards (do you even know what those numbers are?) and to put stops on checks. For that matter, what was the last check you wrote out since your register is also gone? After you've finished plugging the hole in your finances, you must address the issue of a new driver's license. And what do you do about that social security card? We've all heard about stolen identity problems. Then you must address the myriad of other cards like health insurance, movie rental, discount cards, student ID, etc.

This happened to me when I idiotically walked off and left my purse sitting outside Fletcher Hall. When I discovered my momentous blunder an hour later, I rushed outside to discovered that it was gone. The sick feeling in the pit of my stomach was beyond description as I thought of all those things I would have to go through. I had planned to go grocery shopping after class, but how was I going to manage this without a credit card or a checkbook? And how long would it take to replace those things?

Thankfully, my story had a good ending thanks to two very important factors. 1) I had an identification card with my phone number on it, and 2) an honest gentleman by the name of Jameson Miller found my purse and kept it safe for me until I could meet up with him to retrieve it. In a city where crime seems to abound, I was very impressed and very grateful to be on the receiving end of such integrity and honesty.