Last month, I sent out two albums for clients. I was surprised when one of them emailed me and said that they hadn't gotten their album a week later so I checked the tracking number. For some reason, the Post Office showed that the album was last checked in at the Philadelphia processing center and was due to be delivered a few days after I had mailed it. I called to try to find out why it was just sitting there and they told me someone would get back to me in a couple of days. I let the client know that I was trying, but it was out of my hands.
In the meantime, it turns out that the shipping label had come off of the box and the package made it's way to a post office in LOVEtesville, VA! The Postmaster there tried to find out who the package belonged to and opened it up to find the album. Living in a small town, I don't find this to be unusual. I had something similar happen with a Christmas card, and the postmaster opened it, recognized our photo, and returned it to us so we could send it out again!
This woman went above and beyond though. Apparently, she Googled their names (they were printed on the album cover) but had no luck. She actually said she "goggled" their names- cute, huh? She then Googled the name of the church, but they didn't have much information on them. They gave the Postmaster the priest's email address since she was a visiting clergy. She gave the Postmaster their postal address and email so she could get the album to them.
In her email, she said, "I must say, what a beautiful wedding. And may you be blessed with all life has to offer. I do believe things happen in our life for a reason and I guess there was a reason it ended up here. I am very thankful to have found you. The standard procedure is to just send it to Atlanta, GA, where lost mail goes, but we are just a little PO and try to make every effort to help mail get to it's destination."
I couldn't help but share this nice little story. In all the hustle and bustle in the world today, it's so nice to hear about people who take time out of their day to help others. Many thanks to this kind woman at the Post Office for doing more than delivering the mail, but for finding a wayward package's home.
