Yesterday evening we decided to go up to Copperton Park and enjoy the nice weather. We played on the playground with the kids and ran around the entire park. We made a huge pile of leaves, jumped in it covered each other with it, etc. We came home got the kids in bed and John and I were watching old reruns of The Office when I noticed I did not have my wedding ring on. We searched everywhere in our house. I knew I didn't take it off anywhere. I started to get so upset and worried. John just kept telling me, "it's OK, it's just a ring....", but I was sick. I prayed like crazy that I would find the ring and I know John was as well. A little after 10:00pm I remembered that while we were playing in the leaves something kind of heavy hit my foot. (I was in flip flops and I thought, that was a heavy leaf...) I told John and I told him that I had to go look. He told me there was no way I was going to find it in the dark. He told me just to wait until morning and then go look. I tried to go to sleep, but I was too worried that maybe they would mow the lawn before I could get up there or that a raccoon would find it, etc. I begged him to let me just go look. He kept saying you can't go up there by yourself and I can't go with you because the kids are asleep. I finally text my cute friend that lives two houses down from me. I am sure she was thinking I was crazy, but she dropped what she was doing without any questions, grabbed her shoes and a flashlight and off we went to Copperton Park.
We searched for a little bit where I thought it was and didn't find it. We decided to re-trace my steps. We went over by the swings where I was with Easton, and then to the monkey bars where I crossed with Coleton. I remembered that when I crossed the bars my ring pinched my hand. When I remembered that I knew the ring had to be at that park. We went back over to the leaves and we found the ring. I happened to be on the phone with John when I found it and I started to cry and he was in shock I think and couldn't say anything. Kristin and I where both in tears. I am so thankful that we found the ring and that even though it was late and Kristin had been helping other people literally all day that she came with me to help me find it.
I think of the small chance we had to find it in the pitch black in a huge park with millions of leaves on the ground. I know that Heavenly Father knew it was important to me and he answered my prayer.
Disneyland 2013
5 years ago
