Have you ever lost something precious?

Question

I'm sure I've lost many things that, at the time, meant a lot to me. The one thing that always stands out is a ring my dad made for my mom one year - it was made of nickle material, and there was a heart at the center with curved lines on either side. Mom gave it to me when I was 16. One day, in my car in the winter, I took off my jewelry to put some lotion on. Never saw the ring again - I tore the car apart, I searched around the car. It just vanished. The fact that my dad made it is what was special to me. Did you ever lose anything precious to you?

I'm really not a materialistic person. The value in the ring was that my dad made it. I was 16 at the time and still can't understand how it disappeared in the car. By "something precious" I meant an object, not people. All people are precious in some way.

Answer 1

Yes my youngest sister gave me an antiques amethyst ring. Purple is my favorite color. The stone was large and fell out in my gravel drive and my children and I searched for that stone for two years ntil we moved. My sister passed away about 3 years after giving me the ring. I still long for the stone but have kept the setting.

Answer 2

Never anything materialistic. Just people. I lost 7 relatives last year. After that trauma everything else just seems so petty. I've actually lost lots of jewelry my husband gave me. I figure if it really meant a lot to me I would have taken better care of it. Not saying that you should have taken better care of the ring, just commenting about my own experience.

Answer 3

I lost my original wedding ring. My husband and I had only been married less than a year and we were in the car on our way home from work. We were having a huge argument at the time(can't remember why). that was in my PMS days and anyway I threatened to throw my ring out the window if he didn't stop arguing. He didn't stop , so out it went .Went back but couldn't find it. Talk about young and foolish!
By the way, it is 2:15pm and this is the first Q of the day I'v answered. I haven't been able to connect to yahoo all day. My first thought was OMG they pulled the plug on us. What a relief .

Answer 4

I thought that losing my mother and youngest sister were the most devastating losses. Then in 2004 my second son died. He would have been 47 in June and was most precious to me. Anyone who has lost a child no matter what age they were can relate to this. I still have my other two wonderful sons and treasure them everyday.
Also, the handmade gifts he made for me over the years are also precious and I have not lost them.

Answer 5

When our son was three years old he had the most beautiful curly hair. Every one kept saying what a lovely little GIRL he was. My husband was very proud of Our Boy and one day when I was at work, he cut the curls off so that he wasn't called a girl anymore. Some where I know I have those curls wrapped in tissue in a little box.
I am really upset that I can't find them as Our Boy died 5 years ago on the 6th Oct. I'm so sure they are still here some where. I know we can't ever have our son back but I would love to find his hair someday. x

Answer 6

Of all the things I have lost the one that came to mind was the gold ink pen I got for High School Graduation from the mother of a girl my age.
She was the women who took all us teens places in the back of her pick up truck, she had two daughters and took in a boy and we all belonged to a group. I moved away my senior year, but always liked her. When she found out I was graduating she sent me this gold colored pen and a note saying I could use her for a reverence when I looked for a job.
I don't know if the pen was real gold or just gold colored but I used it for years then one day it was gone. My brother keeps in touch a little with the boy that married her oldest daughter and with the boy that lived with them but I haven't heard anything about her in over 40 years.

Answer 7

Yes = tore my heart out. My dad died when I was 12 yrs old and then a ring of his when I was 20. I was completely gutted. I sometimes suspect my ex stole it as it was quite valuable but it has gone and all I have left is the memory.

Answer 8

I'm so sorry to hear about your ring. I can only imagine what it must have meant to you. I know it's too late now, but did you check your coat pockets or boots, if you had them on? I lost a jewelry box many years ago that contained my Girl Scout badges & all sorts of neat momentos. The box got lost in a move but I think it was accidentally thrown out.

I also lost "someone" very close to me in 1988 & that someone was my 15 y/o son. He was struck by a train while snowmobiling in Ohio, where we used to live. He was my youngest of three sons. I know he's in heaven, watching over my family & me. His birthday was Oct. 27th, two weeks after mine. He was born early & I feel it was because God wanted me to have him a little longer. :)

Answer 9

Things? I suppose I did think of them as very precious at the time of loss, but honestly right now I cannot think what they were...no offense, it just brought to my mind that things DO fade over time.

What I did lose that so precious to me was my Dad in '87 and there is hardly a day that I don't think of him. He was a profound influence in my life and thinking and still is.

Answer 10

I lost my mom when I was eight years old.

I was lucky to have a granny that did her best to take her place.

I visit her grave often and look forward to the day when we will be reunited.

I believe in the hereafter so I know I will see her and get to know her.

Thank you so much for the question.

I'm sorry for the loss of your ring.