Not everyone is mean, cynical, nasty

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Imagine finding $20,000. Now imagine not
keeping it.

That's the story of Tim Titterington and his son, Dylan.

It happened after the Fourth of July weekend as Titterington, 48, and
Dylan, 16, were headed to their farm outside Milford.

"A semi drove past, and it looked like confetti flying around,"
Titterington said.

It was $20 bills and receipts from the wallet of Jody Gardner, 54, of
Omaha, Neb.

Gardner and her sisters had just closed their dead father's bank
accounts. Gardner's share totaled about $20,000 in cashier's checks
and $1,000 in cash and coins. She stuffed it all in her billfold.

On the trip back to the family home on Lake Okoboji, Gardner stopped
to buy groceries in Milford. She drove off with the billfold on the
roof of the van.

"I can't believe I did it, but I did it," she said.

Titterington and his son said they spent about an hour tracking down
checks, cash and everything else that had flown out of Gardner's
billfold.

Back home, Dylan Titterington found an emergency contact number among
the contents. The Titteringtons reached a friend of Gardner's, who
gave them directions to the lake home.

Dylan found Gardner on a dock behind the house. He asked her if she'd
lost her billfold.

"I had no idea," she said. "It was an absolute miracle for me."

She offered the Titteringtons a $100 reward; they refused.

Not everyone is mean, cynical, nasty

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Imagine finding $20,000. Now imagine not keeping it.

That's the story of Tim Titterington and his son, Dylan.

It happened after the Fourth of July weekend as Titterington, 48, and
Dylan, 16, were headed to their farm outside Milford.

"A semi drove past, and it looked like confetti flying around,"
Titterington said.

It was $20 bills and receipts from the wallet of Jody Gardner, 54, of
Omaha, Neb.

Gardner and her sisters had just closed their dead father's bank
accounts. Gardner's share totaled about $20,000 in cashier's checks and
$1,000 in cash and coins. She stuffed it all in her billfold.

On the trip back to the family home on Lake Okoboji, Gardner stopped to
buy groceries in Milford. She drove off with the billfold on the roof of
the van.

"I can't believe I did it, but I did it," she said.

Titterington and his son said they spent about an hour tracking down
checks, cash and everything else that had flown out of Gardner's billfold.

Back home, Dylan Titterington found an emergency contact number among
the contents. The Titteringtons reached a friend of Gardner's, who gave
them directions to the lake home.

Dylan found Gardner on a dock behind the house. He asked her if she'd
lost her billfold.

"I had no idea," she said. "It was an absolute miracle for me."

She offered the Titteringtons a $100 reward; they refused.