. >> reporter: adrian byrd's mother lucy died of breast cancer just two months ago. >> i love her. i miss her. she was the strongest woman i ever knew. >> reporter: adrian and her daughter and sister all wear heart shaped lockets holding the ashes of the woman he they dearly mission. >> this is all i've got left of her. >> reporter: on sunday the charm was found on the ground by a park. adrian says she didn't even realize that the locket was missing until a daughter got a post been finding its owner on facebook. >> for that little boy to find that and actually make its way back to me, it's a miracle to me. >> reporter: a miracle thanks to the help of facebook. the boy and his mother traveled to adrian's home to return the locket together is it. >> thank you, okay. i appreciate that more than you'll never know. i really do. >> i just can't believe a 10-year-old kid found it and actually did what was right with it. he's an awesome boy, i mean, so awesome. >> reporter: being able to say thank you in person, adrian says meant the world to her. 7news. >>> be careful what you eat. the fal

adrian byrd says she didn't realize her lockett was missing until she heard about that facebook post. it contains the ashes of her mother who died of breast cancer two months ago. >> thank you, okay. i appreciate that more than you ever know. i really do. >> the next step is to get a new necklace for the lockett. one sturdier than the last so this never happens again. >> speaking of lost and found now, the cubs are one step closer to ending their 107-year world series drought. the cubbies advance to the national league championship seize, the team celebrated in front of the home fans at wrigley field. probably still partying, after beating the cardinals 6-4 to take the series 3-1. the cubs are now four wins away from their first world series appearance in 70 years. last night's win the first time the cubs clinched a playoff series at wrigley field. the opponent still to be determined because the l.a. dodgers avoided elimination with a 3-1 win over the mets in game 4 in new york. by the way, chase utley who is appealing his two-game suspension from that play that broke a player's leg,

. >> reporter: adrian byrd's mother died of breast cancer two months ago. >> i love her. she was the strongest woman i ever knew. >> reporter: adrian, her daughters and her sister all wear heart-shaped lockets. each holds ashes of the woman they dearly miss. s if. >> this is pretty much all i got left of her. >> reporter: on sunday, james the ground by a roller coaster at an amusement park. >> for that little boy to find that and then, you know, actually, it makes its way back to me, that is a miracle to me. >> reporter: miracle thanks to the help of facebook. the boy and his mother traveled to adrian's home. to return the locket together. >> thank you. i appreciate that. more than you ever know. i really do. i can't believe a ten-year-old kid found it and actually, did what was right with it. he is an awesome boy. i mean, so awesome. >> reporter: being ablele to say thank you in person meant the world to her. >> i can't thank him enough. >> reporter: very sweet. adrian will get a stronger chain for that locket so this never happens again, she says. well, up next on 7 news

adrian byrd says she didn't even realize she lost the locket until she heard about the facebook post.the locket contains the ashes of her mom who died of breast cancer just two months ago. >> thank you, okay? i appreciate that more than you'll ever know. i really do. >> she says her next step is to get a new necklace for the locket, one sturdier than the next one so she won't lose it again. >>> hundreds of teens and young adults living on the streets. we will meet the faces of philadelphia's homeless youth next in an nbc 10 digital exclusive. >> i would just sleep anywhere i could sleep for about a month. >> alone and vulnerable. in philadelphia, hundreds of young people in their late teens and early 20s are homelessment they walk the streets, sleep in parks or abandoned houses, any place they can find shelter. homeless because of families shattered by drug and alcohol abuse, violence or poverty. and they're mostly invisible -- until now. nbc 10's digital team spent more than two months getting to know these kids on the streets and in shelters. nbc 10's vince lattanzio introduces us t