Giving someone an exciting gift and then seeing their reaction when they open it seem to be really an amazing feeling.
And that’s exactly what Bill and Linda Mudry expected when they made their way to visit their newly adopted granddaughter. The two were very excited when they finally were able to receive and welcome the little girl into the family. They had the perfect gift for her to help her remember this moment forever.
Unfortunately, when Bill and Linda Mudry got to the security check at the airport, they had to throw the gift in the trash.
While Amari Hernandez and her boyfriend were sitting at the Airport St. Peter-Clearwater, they witnessed what happened.
“I saw that this man was told that he was not allowed to take his package with him on the plane”, Amari wrote in a Facebook post. “The man looked at the security guard and asked, ‘Can I leave the package in the lost and found department? This is a snowglobe for my adopted granddaughter'”.
But unfortunately, the security man did not approve his request.
“The security man replied ‘Put it in trash bin number 13’ and pointed to the bin”, Amari wrote. “The man was hurt and threw the gift in the trash”.
We love you, Grandparents
When Amari saw the man walk away from the trash can, it broke her heart. Her boyfriend decided to go to the trash and try to get the gift out of it. When the couple opened the package, they discovered something that warmed their hearts. The gift was a snow globe that contained pictures of the couple with the little girl.
It even contained a note: “We love you Katie, Grandparents 1/25/16”.
Amari was desperate to return the gift to its owner, so she posted on Facebook trying to locate the owner and reunite them with their precious gift.
Her post went viral and was shared more than 50,000 times! Fortunately, the post reached the right person, an employee of ‘Things Remembered’, the company that made this particular snow globe, who saw Amari’s post and immediately contacted her.
The employee looked for the receipt for this gift to find the name of the man who ordered it. It was Linda Mudry, and Amari was able to contact her and return the snowball to her. Only then did she realize how precious and meaningful this gift was.
“She is extraordinary”
“It was something very special”, Linda said. “The gift was for my granddaughter Katie, because my son adopted her”.
According to Linda, her granddaughter was very sad when she couldn’t bring the snow globe with her. Now, Linda can’t stop thinking about Amari and her kindness.
“She’s just amazing. I can’t believe she did it”, Linda said. “People are basically good, but she is simply extraordinary”.
But Amari insists that she just did the right thing.
“My mother always taught us to be good to people”, she said. “I would want someone to do the same if it happened to me”.
