( this is my first time adding text to pictures... can you tell?)I always knew that Brett was a great guy. But the longer we are married to more I realize it. He really puts up with a lot and is so patient and mostly understanding about most things that I do or don't do... or lose.
And thus begins the ring story.
One of my flaws is that I don't worry too much about things - as in material things. I guess in some ways that can be good but in my way, it is not.
I am working on it.
One day, as I was putting lotion on Ryan, I set my rings on the bed. This was a daily occurrence and almost every time Brett would tell me, " you are going to lose that ring if you take it off like that."
I had, truth be told, been very impressed with myself for not losing it for the 4+ years we had been married , and I would reply with a " no, I won't. how can I lose it in our HOUSE?"
This particular day, Ryan picked up my rings and carried them out to the front room and placed them on the floor. It was morning and I had not yet put my "eyes" in, but proceeded to vacuum the front room. I heard a noise as I was vacuuming, but couldn't see anything so I kept vacuuming. It wasn't until I noticed my ring was gone that I realized what that noise was.
I immediately dumped out the contents of the vacuum, but could not see my ring and threw the debris away. I convinced myself that the ring was still in the house and would show up eventually. That was 6 months ago.
I still haven't really looked because I don't want to face the reality that it could be gone.
As in: under a pile of trash in a dump.
BUT
Today I found this article and now have hope that my ring still can be found:
A New Zealand man has been dubbed the Lord of the Ring after he searched and found his wedding ring more than a year after it slipped off his finger and sank to the sea floor.
The ring was lost for 16 months
in the harbor of the country's capital city, Wellington, before Aleki Taumoepeau
found it shining on the sea floor.
"But, equipped with new global satellite based coordinates
and offering up a quick prayer,
he found the ring after an hour's search.
He found it a sea floor!
I can find mine in my house or my vacuum... but probably not in a dump.
Hopefully a happy follow-up post will be coming soon!
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