The other day I went to the grocery store.   After I finished shopping, on my way out, I dropped a coin...it was a dime.  Both hands were filled with plastic bags, so I hesitated to pick up the coin, but I did anyway.  

On my way back home I thought about a story about my friend's family.  One day their daughter picked up a coin on the street. Her father told her, "put it back."   She said to her father, "but papa, whoever dropped it left it here...and if I don't pick it up, somebody else will."  

He explained to his daughter, "it doesn't matter if the person that dropped it left it there.  You don't need that money.  You should leave it for someone who has less than you who really needs it."  His daughter put the coin back where she found it.

My friend's daughter is all grown up now and is a prosecuting attorney.  If I marry some day, I want to be as honest and honorable a mother as this girl's father

So with so many in need these days, think twice before picking up the loose change...
Megan ^^