Eight years ago, Courtney Connolly was working as a production intern at the Harbour Actors Theater in Wellfleet, Massachusetts when her wallet vanished.   After contacting Boston police about her stolen wallet, and never hearing anything back, she was sure that her wallet was gone forever.

However, just this past week, Boston police returned it to her, with her credit cards, social security card and $141 in cash still inside.  When Connolly picked up her wallet and discovered the untouched cash inside, she was floored.

“I was convinced it was just going to be the wallet.” she said, “Never in my wildest dreams did I think all my cards would be in there.”

She also wants to send out a huge thank you to the good Samaritan, and police officer that turned in the wallet.

“You did the right thing,” she wants to tell them. “It would’ve been so easy to say you’ve found an empty wallet. There really are truly, genuinely good people in the world.”