Robert Lyman, Author at The Ring Finders | Page 5 of 10

Alcortas elementary aged son took her rings from her holder and took them to school. We all did crazy things for crazy reasons when we were his age. During recess he lost one of the rings while on a merry go round. He saw it on the wood chips and stuck it back in his pocket and continued to play. Later he checked his pocket and the ring was gone. A few days later he told his sister and she encouraged him to tell mom. Alcorta looked for it but didn’t find it. She reached out and I said I would come search for it, this was a week after it was lost. I scanned the known play area finding lots of interesting things but no ring. I encouraged her to contact the school and teachers to let the kids know that a ring that means the world to her had been lost in the play area and to encourage the kids to do the right thing and give it to a teacher if they found it. A few weeks went by, I texted Alcorta a couple times to see if the story had changed at all and if there was any new areas of interest to search while encouraging her not to give up hope. Another couple weeks went by and then Alcorta got a call from the school saying a student had found the ring and turned it in. We aren’t clear as to when or where they found it but Alcorta has a smile and her son I think has learned something.