n the late 1960s I had a collection of tiny gold nuggets added to a gold ring. I had worn it over 50 years as a
keepsake on the 14 wonderful years I spent teaching in Alaska. It was not only special because of the Akaska
nuggets; it was special because I had my mother's diamond mounted on it after
she died.
Just before the COVID vaccine was released, I contracted
COVID and was very ill for almost two weeks.
During that time I lost quite a bit of weight and my ring
was loose. When I recovered, I
discovered my ring was missing. The odds
were it was someplace in the house, as the only other place I had been was to urgent
care.
That was 2 1/2 years ago, and I have searched the entire
house over and over--to no avail. Every
time I vacuumed, I listened for a noise of something sucked up.
When I got a new mattress last November and moved the
bedroom furniture, I again searched, in case it was buried in the carpet.
So 2 1/2 years have gone by and still no ring.
The other day we bought groceries and I was putting some of
the frozen items into the freezer which
is in the garage. I dropped a package of
bacon, and when I picked it up, I felt
something on the floor at the base of the freezer. Lo and
behold, it was my ring! I had gone in and out of the freezer numerous
times and had never seen it.
My Italian friend tells me that there is an old proverb, “The
house never loses anything--it just hides it.”
But the house hiding it in the garage just doesn't seem fair.
I am so tickled to have the ring back on my hand I keep
touching it every few minutes to make sure it's still there.
Now there is just one thing that is lost that would make my
happiness complete if found. I had the one last project
I was working on. It was combining gold work with fancy fabrics. It was a culmination of years of developing my needlework skills and was going
to be my last hurrah. It was the result
of several years’ work. It disappeared about a year ago and
has never surfaced. I have searched and searched and I had a dear friend help
me search some more. I can only assume
that I discarded it by mistake Now that I have found the ring, maybe there is
hope for finding my precious needlework.
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3 comments:
Yay, You found it! Nothing beats the exaltation of finding a cherished lost thing.
I once lost a Pegasus charm when I was 10 or s,o given to me by a dear friend, in my grandmothers back yard. I swore I saw it where it went but diligent searching in that spot and "help" from the family dogs in an ever widening circle gleaned nothing. so i had to go home at the end of the week with it lost forever. lo and behold 20 years later it turned up, literally, whilst she was digging in some new tulips! How it got there was a mystery as I lost it in the middle of the 1/2 acre yard and the tulip bed was over by the house....weird. Patience will bring it back to you when you need it most.
yeah! what a wonderful New Year's gift.....your precious ring!
Is your finger still very thin?If so, you should secure it wearing together a tighter very thin ring!
I'm so glad you found that precious ring! As for the missing project...perhaps, yes, you've discarded it. Or...perhaps it's in a 'scrap bin' or in the bottom of a sewing box or project container, filed in a closet somewhere. Goldwork is indeed a special skill...but if you never find it, perhaps the memories of the making will bring a smile.
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