For almost a year, Harvest, AL, residents Dwayne and Alma “Jeannie” Taylor planned a celebration for their 30th wedding anniversary.
This included Jeannie ordering an enlargement of one of their wedding photos.
However, the photo never arrived at their home. Instead, unbeknown to the couple, the picture somehow made its way to the Harvest Post Office.
“There was no name or address on it,” said Rosalind Smith, a retail associate at the office. “It must have fallen out of its mailing tube.”
Smith put the photo to the side, hoping for the chance to give it to its rightful recipients one day. She even posted a picture of the photo on her Facebook page and asked if any of her friends knew the identity of the couple, but nobody responded.
Many months later, Dwayne Taylor came to the Post Office to mail a package. As soon as Smith saw him, she knew he was the groom in the wedding photo.
“I’ve been a customer in that Post Office before, but I hadn’t been there in a while,” Taylor said. “When Rosalind saw me, she was like, ‘Where’ve you been? I’ve been waiting for you!’”
Taylor confirmed that his wife had in fact ordered the photo enlargement. Smith couldn’t locate it right away, so Taylor gave her his phone number.
The retail associate searched furiously and uncovered it minutes later. When she called Taylor, her hands were shaking.
“My wife and I had gotten about two miles away when Rosalind called,” Taylor said. “We were in shock.”
The couple turned right around. They were soon holding their wedding photo and taking a picture with Smith inside the Post Office.
“It’s a picture for the ages,” Taylor said. “We’ll be telling this story forever.”
“It made a difference to me just to see that I made this couple happy,” Smith said. “This made for a brighter day.”
The timing was opportune because the couple’s anniversary was just a week away.
“Hats off to the postal workers,” Taylor said. “They work hard, and you don’t know what they go through to get mail and packages to you. Rosalind went above and beyond.”
Said Smith: “God is amazing. I hadn’t seen this man all year, but then he walked right in. It was meant to be. This is why I love my job. Someone was made happy today.”
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