I Found 'Em!

Story by Amy W.

When I moved from Seattle back home to New Jersey, I had to pack up my entire life, including some very valuable items, my grandparents' wedding rings.

I had the rings when I arrived in New Jersey and, in the process of unpacking, I put them somewhere. They needed repairs and I figured I'd take care of repairing them some time in the future. But, about a year ago, when I went to look for them I realized that I didn't know where they were. 

I stressed out about them on and off for a year, because I was sick thinking that they were gone. I also knew I had put them somewhere "safe" but all my normal "safe" spots had been checked five times with no luck. I knew (or really thought) they'd turn up eventually. 

Then, the other day, I was in my kitchen and thought, "I should drink some tea. I love coffee but I'm going to be like all the good, healthy people of the world and make myself a cup of tea." I opened a cupboard, reached in, and pulled out a box of tea that had expired two years earlier. Why was I holding on to this expired tea?
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I looked inside the box to see if I should toss the tea and what was there? The rings.

I have no idea why I had an expired box of tea and no clue, still, after days of thinking about it, how the rings ended up in the tea box to begin with. It was just a lovely surprise when they finally did. I just wish I could remember what on earth made me put them in the tea box in the first place?

I had worried over the problem and fretted over the problem and in the moment I wasn't thinking about it, I was led to the answer through a "let's have tea" instinct. What a relief! 

I'm so glad I felt inspired to have that annoying cup of tea that I would never, normally, want to drink. That's magic, in my opinion, and I'm glad I followed the impulse.

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