Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
I am smiling because while packing I found something that I thought was long lost...my grandmother's engagement ring. It has a single solitaire on a gold band. I thought I had lost it years ago before I was married (the first time).
I had two very large cats, Sherbrooke and Seymore. Seymore had a habit of knocking things off my dresser. The ring was on there instead of in my jewelry box because my fingers swell and I often have to take them off (my wedding ring is off right now but safely tucked away).
What I guessed had happened was that Sherbrooke had knocked it off and it went into the garbage can beside the bed. I was heartbroken. That was 35 years ago.
So where was it all this time (7 moves, different furniture, and different clothes)?
I was cleaning out my clothing drawers of what to keep and what to give/throw away.
I have a T-shirt from Terry Fox's original Marathon of Hope Run which he signed for me for working on the fundraiser. I only wore it at the office we used and then put it away in my drawer. It got moved from drawer to drawer over the years and I had no idea that in the fold was a buried treasure...my ring! I unfolded the shirt to look at the signature of my dear friend and out popped the ring.
Thanks, Terry!
See? Never GIVE UP "HOPE". There was a divine reason it was in "that" particular Tee shirt. That isn't just a smile incident, that calls for an "ear to ear grin!