When thieves broke in and stole everything of value, including all of Angelaâs jewelry, the only thing she cared about was the locket her grandpa had given to Gran when they were dating.
Heartbroken, she booted up her laptopâwhich she had taken with her for her weekend getawayâand poured her heart out to her divorcee group on Facebook after the police left. Her friends, though supportive, couldnât bring back her treasured heirloom. Angela finally went to bed and cried herself to sleep.
 The next morning, she woke to her cellphone vibrating off her night table. She grabbed for it, barely saving it from crashing to the floor. âHello?â
âAngie, youâve got to see this,â her friend Lara squealed in her ear. âItâs gone viral!â
âWhat has?â
âYour locket. I posted a picture on my Facebook page, and it has almost half a million likes. And OMG! Someone just posted that their boyfriend gave it to them this morning, saying he had picked it up at a pawn shop. She called the cops and they arrested him.â
âYouâre kidding! Does she still have it?â
âHold on,â Lara said. âIâm answering her post now.â
Angela sat up, heart pounding. It was all she could do to not hurry her friend.
Finally, âNo. The police took it.â
Angela jumped as the phone buzzed in her hand. âLara, itâs the police. I have to go.â Her hands shook as she accepted the call.
âWe have your belongings,â the officer she had spoken to the day before told her. âWe have to keep most of it for evidence, but Iâm outside your house with your locket.â
âThank you,â Angela said through a throat tight with gratitude and unshed tears. After the officer left, she put on the locket. Because of her friendâs Facebook post, the honesty of the thiefâs girlfriend, and the compassion of this officer, her only remaining link to her grandparents lay safely around her neck. She vowed never to take it off again.
Iâm not a big fan of Facebook, but sometimes good things do happen there. This story was inspired by the image.
Yes, sometimes good happens via FB. I wish it were around when a thief robbed my sister. She owned our grandmother's platinum wedding ring, which she had wanted to pass on to her son. Glad Angela's story had a better outcome.
I agree that Facebook has not lived up to the image I had when I first signed up but there are some good stories and connections that happen. And I agree with Jason, humanity can be wonderful.