....and sometimes your luck changes...

See that big Courtney smile........it's there for a reason.  We recovered her board...and what an adventure it was!

This is how it began.......
Early this morning my son, Miles, im'd me on AOL.  He had read that Courtney's board had been stolen and was feeling really bad for her.  (Miles was a competitive boarder growing up here in the mountains.)  He told me that he wanted to help get Courtney a new board and was going to sell all of his snow boarding equipment to help pay for it, now that ice fishing has become his winter passion.

As a mom, I was hugely touched by his generous offer.  He has certainly matured into a very kind adult.  There were times in his life I had serious doubts that I would allow him to live long enough to become an adult, but that's another story...grin.

At first he was going to bring his stuff to a second hand sports store, but then decided that he would get a little more for it on Craig's list.  Hmmm........Craig's list.  I was all set to purchase a board for Courtney on Ebay as a surprise gift from Miles and I when I decided that I would check Craig's list to see if I could get a similar board for her locally in time for Christmas.

When I went to Craig's list, while still chatting with Miles and did a search for a board similar to the one we lost, one just like Courtney's came up for a pretty good price.  "Just like new..hardly used..blah, blah, blah.  As I was reading the description I commented to my son.........what are the odds this could be hers?  It was listed the day after hers was stolen and was located in NH.

He took it from there.  He contacted the people with a cash offer and they agreed to meet him here in town.  While he made the trek up here from where he lives, I contacted the local detectives about our suspicions.  The detective set up across from where Miles was meeting the kids selling the board.  After the transaction was made they sent Miles home with the board and told him they would contact us later.

About 1/2 hour later we got a call from the detective telling us that the girl had confessed to stealing the board from the mountain.  This means that Courtney should get her board back in a week or so after the court date and I should get my money back too.... hopefully the young girl who stole the board will have learned a valuable life lesson.

Sometimes the good guy gets to win :)

Comments

[Michele]

Wow, what a story!!!

[Patty]

Hi Kim - I'm a little late to the party here but...WOW great story and I'm so happy for Courtney! Merry Christmas!

[Laura]

Yay for brothers and craigslist!

[Carole]

Sounds like Miles has grown up a lot. I'm glad this worked out and hope this young girl has learned a valuable lesson before she does something more serious.

[JessaLu]

Karma: 1
Nasty board stealing kids: 0

I like that scoreboard. ;o)

[Debbie]

Oh, Kim!!! That was no coincidence; it was just meant to be. I'm so thrilled! What wonderful children you have. I'm surprised the girl confessed, though. I hope she learned a lesson. Yea!!!

[sue]

What a wonderful story. I'm so glad your daughter will get her board back.

[diane]

Good intuition! What a story!

[lynette]

what an excellent story and an awesome son! you should feel proud to have such great children.

i'm so glad the story had a great outcome!

[Christine]

Hi Kim

Boy!! I guess this is your early Christmas present. You have raised a wonderful son. Kids don't come with directions but you did a great job bringing him up. Have a wonderful holiday.

[Keri]

What a great story! Thanks for sharing =)

[Kristi aka FiberFool]

It's nice to hear about things turning out right in the end. I do hope the gal learns a lessons (and not just to wait a while before posting to Craig's list after stealing something).

[elizabeth]

Wow! I saw some people do that on tv with a bike - score one for the good guys!!!

[Donna B]

Soooo so glad that Courtney has her board back! :-) What a story.

[Lorraine]

Kim- Wow, what are the odds of THAT happening? And how nice of your son. They do surprise us sometimes.

[Kirsten]

I'm so glad to hear that she will get her board back. What a very cool big brother she has!

[Teresa C]

Oh wait, unless he read it on facebook....

[Teresa C]

Well, look at you and yours! Starting a detective agency soon? What a great story-all around-for this season!

BTW-Gillian reads my blog, kinda funny, huh?

[margene]

That is almost unheard of! You have such wonderful children.

[Laurie]

Thank goodness thieves can be pretty stupid. You handled it beautifully.

[Gina]

Oh what a wonderful ending. I am so glad that you all had the brilliant idea!

I am glad that sometimes everything works out okay in the end!

[Punkin]

Yay for happy endings! I am so glad for you.

[Mary E.Dadds]

WOW!!!
Merry Christmas Courtney!
That was wonderful.

[Cheryl S.]

Yippee! Definitely good karma.

[anne]

WOW! what a great story! we'll just call you "that detective moll" from now on!

good for you guys!

[Chrispy]

how awesome. you have two things to be thankful for your daughter's snowboard and a young man that will tug at your heart strings now that he has grown up and become much more than that troublesome boy.

[June]

Awesome story! Was the thief an adult (over 18)? I hope she learns that payback's a b*tch.

Your son sounds very kind, too.

[Kathy]

Yay! That's quite a story!

[tiennie]

Hooray! She really deserves to have it go her way since she worked so hard for it!

[Renee]

Yeah!!!!! That is wonderful! I am so happy to hear that and tell Miles he's awesome for offering to help and then definitely helping. Nice when the Good Guys win. :)

[Manise]

Good karma for Courtney , bad karma for the thief! Wonderful when things come full circle like that! Will she be getting a lock for it in her stocking? :-)

[stacey]

Nice!! What a great son, first of all, to be so darned generous - and then the detective work by you and your family - then the real detectives move in - poetic justice! Tis thge season for fabulous things!

[Chris]

Now that's just right. I am so glad for Courtney!

[Cheryl]

Wow! What a story! That's so awesome that she gets it back. Congratulations! I hope the thief learns a lesson.

[alison]

Fantastic news. So good to hear that the good guys do come out on top occasionally. Great detective work.

[Donna S.]

Hooray!!!

[Wool Winder]

I'm glad things worked out!

[Sandy]

I'm so glad to hear that there is a happy ending for someone that deserves to have her property returned to her. Hopefully, this person will learn from this and not repeat her actions.