The award for hanging onto a sense of humor in trying conditions goes to Carol Lalonde of Delta, Canada.
Mrs. Lalonde came home on Christmas Eve and found her house had been burglarized. Someone had taken not only her TV, computers, and jewelery, but also a silver hockey puck containing ashes of her late husband. Somehow, she managed to see the ridiculousness of the situation.
“They probably thought it was a big chunk of silver, but they’ll get a big surprise when they open it up,” she said.
The puck was engraved with the word “Babe”, which Mr. Lalonde always called his wife because “He could never remember my first name.”
It was returned Friday.
