Aside from the lost city of Atlantis or the Loch Ness Monster, the hidden treasure that lurks in my child’s school locker is one of the most baffling mysteries of our time. Every time things in the house go missing, my oldest daughter tells me, “No worries mom, it’s in the locker.”
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I’m sitting here wondering how many things could possibly fit in a school locker. Right now we are missing gym sneakers, a tablet, winter coat, scarf, a pom-pom, pocketbook, tennis racket, boots and a bowling bowl. Even the fish is gone.
I am beginning to think that I should consult with Robert Ballard, the famed explorer who found the Titanic in 1985. I met him at a party at a friend’s house a few years back. He seemed like a fine fellow. Being an oceanographer, he’s probably good with fish.
But when I called his office today they told me he’s tied up working on bigger projects. He’s been in the news in recent years, trying to find evidence of the flood that the Bible says carried Noah’s Ark. His team claims to have found shells, pottery, and shipwrecks pointing to the flood submerged beneath the surface of the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey. Even though Ballard’s track record for finding the impossible is legend, it’s been reported that he doesn’t think he’ll actually ever find Noah’s Ark. I left him a message, telling him my best bet is that it may be hidden in my child’s school locker, if he can crack the code.