Losing things is part of being human, but there are certain things that are more easily parted with than others.
With that said, it can seem like the things we're most likely to lose also happen to be the most important to us — like a wedding ring.
It might be the last thing you should lose, but we all know it happens. After a while, you will declare it lost forever and move on.
Sometimes people get lucky, and find their lost wedding rings in the most peculiar of places, like the Canadian woman who found her long-lost wedding ring on a carrot plucked from the garden.
Wedding rings definitely have a way of getting lost, but sometimes they also have a way of becoming inexplicably found again.
One Key Largo resident had the same thing happen to him, but under perhaps even more unlikely circumstances.
On the Facebook page Love What Matters, one user who goes by M.J. shared an amazing discovery:
Amazing. Had to share. At end of lobster lane in Key Largo. Just found a wedding ring on the ground across the street. Picked it up and it had my neighbor’s initials engraved on it.
He evacuated to Atlanta so I called him. It’s his wedding ring he lost 8 years ago. What are the chances, we had 7-8 foot surge here and the damn thing was sitting right in broad daylight still on his property.
Somehow, the ring had remained unharmed after being missing for eight years.
Chances are the neighbor and his wife had both given up on finding the missing ring. But things always seem to show up when you least expect them.
What makes this story truly incredible is that the ring survived the seven- to eight-foot surge that Key Largo experienced from Hurricane Irma.
Somehow, the ring was found resting on the ground on its owner's property.
As you can see, the geography of Key Largo and the Florida Keys does not provide much protection from the elements.
CNN reports that many Florida Keys families are returning to their battered homes. Docks, roofs, and boats have all been destroyed.
The end of Lobster Lane in Key Largo, where the ring was found, also does not provide much protection from the ocean or storm surges.
These conditions make finding the missing ring even more miraculous.
It's possible the weather loosened the ring from its hiding place and brought it out into the open.
Perhaps it was buried underground or lodged in a drain, and the storm surge shook it free.
The ring serves as a gentle reminder of the silver lining that can accompany a disaster.
Florida Keys residents are returning home and taking steps toward recovering from the Irma damage.
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