Friday, June 17, 2005

Lost but now found

I have to make it short. We're leaving in about 3 hrs.....To visit family. So, today is Thursday, softball day. We had a game @ 6pm. I get 1/2 hr before the game to warm up. Somewhere between where we warmed up and the dug out I lost my wedding ring. This was the first time I did not take it off. Keith was not there to hold it and I thought I'd better keep it on, I didn't want to lose it. So I lost it. After the game I had our whole team and fans looking for it. A friend from MOPS tells me her hubby has a metal detector and she'll get it and comb the area in the morning. The man for the church we were playing at calls me to tell me he'll have the guy who mow the field tomorrow morning not do the area where I think my ring is. SO now I have to tell Keith, who is at FCC in some history class. I call & tell him. After class he comes home to a sad & upset wife. I was really mad at myself for being a dork & not taking my rings off at home. He gets a flashlight, the kids and me. Where off...We get there @ 10pm, after the last game of the night is over, he heads out. Mind you it's late, windy, cool and starting to rain. Yes, rain in June. I try to be good and help. But after awhile E wakes up. I'm now sitting in the car while the rain goes splat on the windows and splat, splat on the roof tending to E's thirst. I think to myself, this is nuts and the Keith should just take us home. About 15 mins later I notice that he turned the flashlight off and is starting to walk back. Then he changes his mind and continues to look. A few mins later, he's walking toward me. For all his faults, being stubborn turn in to being a good thing for once. The love of my life, father of my children, my best friend, & other mushy stuff taps on the window and I open the door. He asked me to marry him! He found it! A stink'en needle in a hay stack and he found it! Praise God!! On a dark & stormy night, in long grass in a softball field he found our wedding ring! :)

5 Comments:

Blogger Tamara B said...

How cool! Good thing too :) And wonderful that he still wants to marry you - what a blessing it is to know and hear that our spouse would still choose to marry us every day, especially when they know us :)

June 17, 2005 9:43 AM

 
Blogger Kristin said...

That story made me melt! You should be so very proud of your hubby - what a great man he is Mandy :) I lost a ring once (not a wedding ring, of course), and I ended up finding it in the gutter outside this woman's house my mom and I had goen to for a baby shower. Funny thing, is that it was raining then too!!!

June 17, 2005 8:08 PM

 
Blogger Chris, Renae & Annie said...

That is SO incredible! I got chills reading this post! God is so incredible! And doesn't He use the most amazing things to help us appreciate our loved ones!

June 21, 2005 12:18 PM

 
Blogger jerelyn said...

Wow!! Keith is such a sweetie...to go out in the cold, dark, rain and search for the ring. So glad you found it! :-)

June 22, 2005 5:00 AM

 
Blogger Ashley said...

oh my gosh! what a story!!

June 22, 2005 8:33 AM

 

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