Huckleberries: Ring Comes Full Circle

Tony Smith isn’t a hobbit, dwarf, elf, or any of the other mythical characters that inhabited Middle Earth and coveted the one ring that ruled them all. Yet he has a gold Air Force Academy ring that took its own sweet time getting back to him over a journey of 20 years. First, you should know that Tony is a 1985 Coeur d’Alene High graduate and the son of Randy and Ruth Smith, of Nettleton Gulch, and that he lost his ring while water skiing in Texas in about 1990, one year after he graduated from the Air Force Academy. It was – should I say – precious to him, because the inscription inside (in English not elfin) helped him through tough times: “I can do all things (through Christ who strengthens me – Phil. 4:13).” Years after losing the ring, Tony learned from the Air Force Academy that a European had found it at a campground in Texas. The European then mailed the ring to Tony, only to have it break through the envelope at a North Carolina post office/ DFO , Huckleberries, SR. More here .

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Question: When did you last lose an item of value that you wear or carry on your person (ring, watch, clothing, etc.?