Circle

When my mother-in-law passed away last week – my father-in-law distributed her jewelry to her only girls…her daughter-in-laws. As my father -in-law slid her wedding band on my finger – I knew that this sacred piece of jewelry was irreplaceable and I wore it with pride. So today, as I grabbed my girl out of her car seat during an early morning grocery store run. .. I hugged her tight to protect her from the cold day. As we walked away from the car – my sweet Miss Em starts to say – “you dropped some-ting” .. I look back and see nothing on the ground. I ask her what is she talking about. She repeats a couple of times … ” You dropped a circle”.  I looked back one more time and still saw nothing that I had dropped outside of the car. So I brushed off what she said. We shopped and we both giggled as she pushed her baby cart around the store and proudly filled it with items that we didn’t need. I spent the next 4 hours doing what moms do. Unloading groceries, returning items to stores, dropping off Emerson at school , picking up friends at the car service departments and buying my son new jeans for this unseasonable cold fall.  As I grab the door to the mall – my bare finger stared back at me. My heart dropped to the floor. I quickly call my assistant who is close to my house and has a key. I beg her to go to my house.. as my friend assures me that I probably took it off when I showered. BUT I KNEW… in my gut I knew. It was a cold day – my abnormally small hands always shrink in the cold. .. I just knew it fell off. I held out little hope that Kelly would call with good news…so , I mentally retraced my steps. Where had I gone… could I be blessed that it fell off in the car. .. and then I remembered.. my little girl saying I dropped a circle. I looked ashen face at my friend.. and said that I knew where it was. It was in the grocery store parking lot. In a panic I call my assistnat. I know WHERE it is!!! Go to market street… WE ARE ON OUR WAY!!!! I 411 the operator and get connected to the store. Practically in tears, I explain the situation to the guy. As I start to explain where I parked.. I remember the sign.. the sign that stuck in my head. The sign that said “parking for expectant and new mothers”.. I remember this sign because I thought it was interesting that they added the wording “New Mothers” to the sign…something sooooo silly … but it stuck in my head. I directed Todd ( the guy from the grocery store) to where I had parked. .. and with this new revelation, I called my assistant on my friends phone to fill her in on this new detail. I can feel the panic in her voice.. almost like it fell on her shoulders if she didn’t find it. Knowing Kelly – I know she took every ounce of desperation that I had and acted as if it was her own mothers ring that had been lost. As we drive close to the store… I think to myself .. please marie… please help me find your ring. If you are watching over me – you will know how important this ring is to me… what it symbolizes to me. I hear Kelly arrive …she hops out of the car – and I feel like I am with her while she searches…desperate to hear the three words ” I found it”. Running through scenerios in my mind of how I would tell my husband.. how would I tell my father-in-law??? After what seemed like a lifetime.. she screams… “I have it…oh my god I have it”. It was like the weight of the world had been lifted. I breathed a HUGE sigh of relief and thanked my sweet wonderful Kelly for coming to my rescue. Tonight I took off all of my jewelry and put it in a safe. I don’t have a ton of jewelry but what I do have , I have such an emotional connection to it that I would be devastated if I lost any of it. I looked back on my day and connected all the small miracles that evolved into a HUGE miracle. I know my beautiful Mother-in-law was watching over me today. When she was sick over the last two weeks and my husband was by her side. I cried.. did she know how much I loved her – did she know how much I love her son. Today – I believe she had a hand in this.. she knew how much I needed her to be with me still. …how much I still need to believe in miracles. I love you Marie.

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