My mom had a beautiful diamond engagement ring she gave to me when i got engaged, b/c she was sick, and i lost her shortly after. I was very young and the marriage did not last but the ring held much significance to me. So i would hide it in various places, mostly tucked into sweaters and socks. I didn’t trust my jewelry box lol, a habit i picked up from my mom too
After losing a bunch of weight i cleared out a lot of clothes …..and then could not find it, so i thought it was lost forever. 5 years later i got engaged (new ring) and DH was transferred cross country so i had to pack up and sell my condo. I got rid of a lot of stuff as i was packing. I came across an old LL bean sweatshirt i hadn’t worn in years and was going to toss but decided for some odd reason to keep it, so into the box it went.
Fast forward 2 years. I happened to read a book about prayers for lost cause stuff and there was a chapter on sentimental jewelry. So i prayed if possible somehow the ring be returned to me even though it was a lost cause. B/c it felt like i had lost part of my connection to my mom when i lost her ring. After she died my dad packed all of her stuff and donated it without telling me, so i have very little stuff that was hers. He let my brother have most of her jewelry too.
Anyhow. A couple of weeks after that i was working on a few boxes in an unused bedroom that we hadn’t gotten to yet. I pulled that folded sweatshirt out and opened it up to debate tossing it, again. The ring plopped out and onto the floor, all those years after i thought it was long gone.
