I just read this on CNN and almost...almost teared up.

For some evacuees who returned to their destroyed homes [in San Diego, CA], there was hope amid heartbreak. Escondido resident Jim Noyes found what he called his most prized possession: a silver dollar and a letter written by his late mother to his father on their wedding day -- in 1958.

"Take this coin and hold on to it, and you'll never be poor," said the letter, which Noyes found in a fire-proof safe. "I'll always love you, my husband. Hold this silver dollar. Always keep it, and we'll never be completely broke."