Looking Through The Box

[Jazzy1]

If someone gave you a box containing everything you’ve ever lost in your life, what’s the first thing you’re searching for?

 

[IrishEyes]

My BP Cuff, I put it someplace I wouldn't forget and can't find it now.

 

[VaughanJB]

My pens.

I had some pens when I was a kid, and they got lost along the way. They were nothing special or expensive, and in fact some were empty. But I had them in a tin, and I kept them. That tin got lost along the way.

 

[911]

My pen given to me by former Governor Dick Thornburg.

 

[Lewkat]

2 things; my nursing school graduation pin, and my coat of arms ring which is authentic.

 

[DebraMae]

A spelling bee trophy I won in grade school.

 

[hawkdon]

The arrowheads I collected as a kidling....

 

[RadishRose]

A Chinese bracelet.

 

[Tommy]

I'd refuse the box. The time I would spend searching through it is more valuable to me than anything I ever owned.

 

[jim_slim]

My Marbles……!

 

[Jazzy1]

I lost my "going steady" bracelet:

 

[Aunt Bea]

I can’t think of anything important that I lost but I do regret selling a few family possessions.

I try to console myself with the fact that even if I had kept them there isn’t anyone left that would appreciate and enjoy them.

It’s probably best not to worry about rewriting our history or changing our past.

 

[WheatenLover]

The beautiful silver friendship ring my grandfather gave me when I was 9.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

My original wedding band slipped off my finger on a cold winter day at the coin operated car wash, never to be found again. I feel sure it went down the grate over the conrete drain. My wife gave me another band sometime later, but I'd still like the first one back.

 

[Gemma]

My high school class ring.

 

[gruntlabor]

My dad's Purple Heart that he gave me.

 

[spectratg]

All those comic books from the 1950s (majority Superman and Superboy) that my mother threw away! They'd be worth a small fortune today!

 

[oldman]

When our house burned completely, we lost everything. Thousands of memories.

 

[TeePee]

There is nothing material wise that I can think of that I would want back that bad. Living wise, other than the obvious of my mother and husband, I would want my dog back I had for 17 1/2 years. She was truly my best friend.

 

[hollydolly]

When our house burned completely, we lost everything. Thousands of memories.

..heartbreaking...

 

[hollydolly]

We were very poor so we got very little as children... but when I was 12 or 13 my mother bought me a Gold signet ring.. nothing was more precious that she'd ever given me.

I was at Girl Guides, and we weren't allowed to wear jewellery so on inspection I was told to take my ring off.. which I did and put it into my shirt uniform pocket.

I didn't realise that the pocket wasn't buttoned, and when I got home, while chatting with my mum I bent over for something , and the ring fell out onto the floor..
There was no carpet on the floor, and we both heard it fall.. but we searched and searched and the ring couldn't be found. A year later we moved house, and even when the room was emptied of everything we couldn't find the ring...

 

[Lavinia]

A teddy bear which I was given for Christmas when I was 4 years old. I had it until I was 16 and then my mother threw it away.

 

[astralcat]

My engagement ring.