The Twist

As soon as Christopher saw the picture, he was startled too. “He was thrilled, he was jumping up and down,” Ms. Lisi said. He had never expected to see the mitt again, his own favorite mitt. It was a miracle for him, and he could not believe what his parents had sent him.

Sporty Child

Christopher Lisi was an outdoorsy all through his childhood. He was an active baseball player and had an interest in other sports as well. He was usually found outdoor playing, and hardly ever indoors, in his childhood. “I was just a little kid that liked to hit the ball and run around the bases,” Christopher told WBNS TV in Columbus, Ohio.

Mitt’s Significance

The mitt was so special for the Lisi family because it was Christopher’s favorite mitt, and he considered it lucky for himself. When he last wore the glove during a 1978 championship game, when he was just twelve years old, he hit two home runs and was very happy to have performed so well in the game.

Loss

After performing pleasantly in the game, and contributing to the win of his team, Christopher got so excited, that in the excitement he must have put it down somewhere and forgot about it, and therefore lost it. “The next day, he went back to find it and it wasn’t there,” Ms. Lisi said.

Past Relevance

Since the mitt was so special to Christopher, and he had so many memories attached to it, it was indeed exceptional that his mother had found it even though it was missing for almost four decades. How often do such things happen? Very rarely indeed. The question was, how did it end up in the Goodwill store after so many years?

Lost Hopes

When Christopher had misplaced the glove, he was saddened to the core and tried searching for it all he could, but everything was in vain. “I remember being really upset,” he said. He had lost all hopes of finding the mitt ever again and was so heart-broken that he did not even tell his parents about the loss.