I WANT to let someone out there know the way I feel inside about the memories you took away from me when you stole my purse.

They were treasures I kept by my side -- the photographs of my daughter and the verses she wrote for me, and the ones I wrote for my mum on her 'memoriam' anniversary; a picture of Our Lord that was my mum's, a small heart locket my dad gave me when I was only a child and cards with verses on.

They were small relics that meant the world to me.

It must have come as a shock to you to see no money inside my purse -- only my treasures. But it was only a purse to you.

Please return it. You know the address. It was in there.

MRS LYNN LIGHTBOWN