Crime comes to visit

Fortunately, it didn't come to visit at our home.  Instead it happened in the parking lot at our local big-box mart.
The Mrs. had done some shopping and had a cart full of goods that she had just started to load in the trunk.  Her purse was in the top seat section.  A red pick-up truck  pulled up next to her and the driver reached out his window, grabbed her purse and took off.
My lovely bride has a way of always seeing God's positive influence in almost every situation.  This is no different and as violated as one can feel given the circumstance, it certainly could have been worse.
Fortunately, this opportunistic slug of flesh was content with a simple snatch and run and not accosting anyone.  My wife tends to be a fighter when cornered and her first instinct was to get in the car and chase after the guy.  But when she went to get in the car, her son (14yrs old) was not there as he should have been, as he stayed in the car while she was shopping, but had wandered off to another store in the plaza.  Without him being in the car, she wasn't going to go anywhere, which was good, because pursuing after this scumbag would not have been a wise idea.  God looking out for her.
Another thing, this past weekend she had cleaned out and organized her purse, so she had a pretty good grasp of everything she had in it and a refresher of all the various cards (bank, discount, credit) that she needed to cancel.  God looking out for her.
When we bought our house three years ago, she had attempted to change the address on her drivers license, but being post 911 security silliness, WV requires 5 generations of family name history, birth, death, marriage and divorce documentation and a utility bill in your name with current address, so she got frustrated and put it off for a later time, which had not yet come.  The address on her drivers license is an old address, should the purse snatcher decide to try and up the ante.  God looking out for her.
She doesn't think there was anything else with easily identifiable  location info in her purse, but the health insurance card did have all our names on it.
Of biggest relief, her phone was in the car and the car keys were in her hand.  Had the thief absconded with her phone would have been a nightmare of almost epic proportions.  The amount of personal and work related info on that thing is scary, even though it's password protected.  I'm sure the NSA would not be willing to give us the back-up info, either.  God certainly looking out for her.
Of the biggest disappointment, the purse was a Coach (I guess that's a nice one?) that was a gift from her co-workers.  I guess by now it's probably been tossed into a ditch along the road somewhere.
The take away lesson is to always be vigilant of ones surroundings.  She had turned her back to the cart for only a moment, to quickly get things in the car in the pouring rain.  This is certainly a case against the concealed carry purses that some women use, but I'm not a fan of off-body carry anyway.