A family in Maryland wants to publicly thank a stranger for going above and beyond\u2014just in time to bring a Happy New Year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a great human!!\u201d That\u2019s how Laura Degnon began her email to GNN, hoping we would share the story of a good Samaritan touching their lives with kindness.<\/p>\n
Her son, Jake, realized on Friday that he had lost his wallet Thursday night.<\/p>\n
It snowed a couple inches in Rockville overnight which made it challenging for them to find anything outside around his car, or at the last store where he stopped to buy a snack.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe shoveled so many places looking for it,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n
They were very motivated, too, as his wallet was unusually full of \u201cquite a bit of Christmas money, college money, and of course his school ID, license, debit, and credit card.\u201d<\/p>\n
But they couldn\u2019t find it anywhere.<\/p>\n
Laura was up early on Saturday saying goodbye as Jake headed back to the University of South Carolina, and started cleaning up around the house, when the doorbell rang about 8:00AM.<\/p>\n
\u201cMuch to my surprise a wonderful man by the name of Juan was standing there asking if Jake lived here.\u201d<\/p>\n
I started to cry right away, and asked if he found his wallet, by chance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Juan had been up early, going to work on a Saturday morning, when he found Jake\u2019s wallet in the parking lot of the store where he bought the snack\u2014and he drove to their house to return it.<\/p>\n
Everything was in tact, with nothing missing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a great human!! Juan made my son\u2019s day, and mine, more than he will ever know!\u201d<\/p>\n
She also had a message for Juan\u2019s employer, Brightview Landscaping in Clarksburg, Maryland: \u2018You have one hell of an employee.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, from the bottom of our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n