Ever lose your keys? Well, Brent did. Here’s the scenario…

Dot pulled into the driveway and parked right on top of the hose. Brent had to move the car before he turned the water on the lawn. After he moved the car, he set the keys on the hood and got the water set. Then, rushed back into the house to watch a football game. Later, Dot got in the car and went to Grandma Red’s without noticing the keys on the hood. She just pulled out and went her merry way.

Next day (Sunday). Brent realized his keys were gone. Everyone searched. In fact, the Sunday dinner theme was, “Find those keys.” The road from Evanson’s to Grandma Red’s was scoured. Brent checked with dispatch to see if the keys had been turned in. No keys.

Next day (Monday). Tony, the neighbor and the sentinel on the hill who keeps a constant eye on the whole neighborhood, had not seen the keys. Brent decided he better start the process of replacing them. Tony mentioned that Ace Hardware can program electronic keys and that Brent should check down there. So, Brent went down, and the key-programming clerk mentioned she saw some lost keys on Facebook. She took a few minutes, found the post, showed Brent the picture, and sure enough they were his keys. She contacted the key-finder and about four minutes later Kristen Horsley walked in with the keys. She had found them just down the street from our house on her Sunday morning walk. It wasn’t a total happy ending because the truck key had been obliterated, but the car key was fine. 

Now, this experience sparked all kinds of conversations about lost keys, which is a universal problem that puts everyone in a tizzy for a while. So, nothing special in this story unless you picked up on the fact that had Dot not parked on the hose or at least noticed the keys on the hood, there would not have been lost keys. The miracle: Never once did Brent say, “If you would have just…” It’s a Good Life when blame is not passed around! Thank you, Brent.