Mom Texts Son After Learning About Good Deed But His Reply Moved Her To Tears

May 24, 2020 by apost team

In 2015, Tommy O'Connor found a wallet that contained $2,300 in Fremont, California belonging to a veteran. 

The then-high-school-senior, whose family was on a fixed income, just the day before didn't have money for lunch. But Tommy didn't pocket the cash and instead turned the wallet in at the school office.

Irvington High School senior Tommy O'Connor thought that he was going to enjoy a typical lunch break from school when he came across a stranded wallet. Tommy purchased a soda and as he was leaving the store, he noticed the wallet. The teen picked up the wallet without taking anything out of it.

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Many people, in today's day and age, struggle to make ends meet and keep a roof over their heads and would be tempted to keep the money and throw away the wallet. Tommy, however, isn't a typical teen.

He took the wallet and gave it to his para-educator, Ana Gomez when he returned to school. Gomez opened the wallet and searched the contents, hoping to identify its owner. Ana found a total of $2,300 inside of the wallet and a veteran's identification card.

Ana then took the wallet and its contents to the school principal, Sarah Smoot, and together they reached out to find the owner. Word of Tommy's good deed traveled fast, and his mother heard the news before the school day had even ended. She sent her son a text message and praised his integrity, according to LOCAL 12 news:

"I got a call from the school ... You are one in a million, and I love you to the moon and back."

Tommy's reply? "You should be thanking yourself. You raised me." Needless to say, this moved Sarah to tears.

Tommy's father, Ron O'Connor, also expressed pride in his son's actions:

"With us living month-to-month, it is a big chunk of money and I'm so proud of him that he did that."

Tommy's school principal was able to find the owner and when she delivered the wallet, she learned that the money inside was intended for the veteran to pay his rent. He subsequently gave Tommy $50 as a reward for his good deed.

Has this ever happened to you? Every penny counts in today's world and many people would have kept the money and thrown the wallet away. Let's spread the word about Tommy O'Connor's act of honesty by showing the video to our loved ones.