Shelia Spencer of Birmingham had an awful feeling on Wednesday night after realizing she was missing both her wallet and iPhone. After retracing her steps that day, Spencer had determined the only possible place she could have left the items was Piggly Wiggly on Highway 78.
Sure enough, after a call to the store manager, she was amazed to find that not only were her items still there, over $270 in cash remained in the wallet.
That is when Shelia met Anthony, a high school student at Central Park Christian responsible for finding her wallet during his shift at the grocery story that evening. “We hear very little about kids when they do something positive,” says Spencer in a post on Facebook that has been shared nearly 17,000 times. “It’s always a lot of talk about the bad things that happen.”
After “blessing” the teenager with a $100 for “showing honor and doing the right thing”, Spencer also called Anthony’s mother, Joyce, who “cried tears of joy” upon hearing what a great job she was doing with her son.
Since posting the story on Facebook, Spencer has received multiple requests from others who wish to extend a blessing to Anthony. He can be found at the Piggly Wiggly located at 1617 Forestdale Blvd in Birmingham.
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