A Snow globe captivates the attention of the
seeker and is an enchanting sight especially for a child. It’s a perfect
present to both grant and receive especially around the winter holiday season
as the snow in the globe symbolizes the serenity and peacefulness that appears
when everything is blanketed in the sheer white snow. Snow globes are designed
in a way that they have a replica of snow at the base, and when the globe is
jiggled the snow floats and twirls around the figures inside. Multicolored
glitter comprising of white, green, blue and red is also blended with the
swirling snow. Some snow globes are not just a memento but are also considered
to be a pleasant musical ornament. It can be thereby, very heartbreaking to be
parted with a melodious and fascinating snow globe. Here is a story of a man
who lost his snow globe at the airport due to authority restrictions and gave
up all hope of ever being reunited with it.
Michael Moore was travelling to Ohio through
airlines. He was at the Florida airport having his baggage inspected at the
security checkpoint, when the security staff forbade him from carrying along
the snow globe with him. They explained the laws as to why even a cherished
globe could not pass through the checkpoint. The snow globe was a prized gift
for Moore’s daughter from her grandparents. This gift was to celebrate and
honor a highlighting point in the little girl’s life. Katie was being adopted
by her new parents. Bewildered and heavily dejected, Moore implored the staff
to permit him to leave the orb in a lost and found area rather then hurling it
in the trashcan but the officers would not empathize. The heartbroken father
had no choice but to cast it in the trash bin though it was beyond his
comprehension as to how such an inoffensive souvenir could pose a danger to the
security.
Unbeknownst to him, strangers were witnessing
this distressing episode from a distance while they killed time until their
departure was announced. Marveling at the preciousness of the item, one of the
strangers retrieved it out of the bin. The snow globe sparkled vividly and
engraved were the words “We love you Katie” “from Nana and Papa, 1/25/16.” The
stranger Ivelise Amarri Hernandez immediately deciphered the worth of the item,
knowing how this could be Katie’s dream. She vowed to return it to the rightful
owner.
As soon as she returned home, Hernandez posted
the details of the episode on social media expecting to discover the owner. She
recounts that she thought her post would be shared a few hundred times but she
was surprised to see the numbers going up. After the post had been shared
almost 50,000 times, the message was viewed by the executive of the company,
Things Remembered, which had designed the snow globe. The executive was
positive that she could uncover the name of the owner in her record of sales. The
employee after a little digging was able to identify Linda Modry as the buyer
and helped Hernandez to connect with Modry. Hernandez was jubilant to return
the special keepsake to Linda Modry who was Katie’s Nana.
Modry arrived at Hernandez’s home situated in
Tampa. Modry recounts “it was raining when I picked it up and it was a good
thing because we were all crying.” Modry explained that this snow globe had a
special meaning for her granddaughter Katie because January 25th
marked a phenomenal milestone in her life. She was being adopted by her son on
that day. Modry was overpowered with happiness and couldn’t believe that a
complete stranger would be so concerned with the distress of the father and
would take such great steps to restore the silver orb back to the family.
According to Modry her granddaughter had been distraught when the globe hadn’t
reached her. Modry was euphoric to be reunited with the treasured orb. She said
that she and her husband would travel themselves with the globe properly
packaged to present it to their granddaughter.
Hernandez is proud to have gone to such great
lengths. She knew she was doing the right thing. She says “My mom always raised
us to always be good to people. If it was me and I lost my snow globe, I’d want
the same thing to happen to me.”
A story with a happy ending always brings smile
and happiness in the hearts of the listeners. This is one such story where the
finale was unexpectedly very blissful and joyful.
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