That's sad, DJ. I have a sweater that my mom owned that I wear when I feel like being close to her. Same with my oldest sister. I dread the day when they wear out.
I Am Angry Today Because . . .
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DJ, can you ask at the store if someone brought it to lost and found. A handwritten recipe might be something a person would bring to lost and found.
I did. I also went back to the store later last night after the crowds to ask again and to walk through the store to see if maybe it slipped under a display in all the bustle. I even checked out the store trash cans that I could see. It's gone.
I put my hands up and said a prayer that whomever found it would love it and take care of it. I miss my mom. my dad too. I'm an old lady, but I'm an orphan right to the very core.
Another idea- would the store allow you to put a notice up at the entry door(s) - stating a simple piece of paper with treasured recipe was lost on such and such date- and time. Maybe a kind soul picked it up and does not realize the meaning to you. I'll say an extra prayer it be found. I miss my mom and dad.
I'm so sorry you lost the recipe, Dana Jean. The smallest, most common objects of our loved ones become so precious when they pass on, don't they? I believe your mom knows how much you cherished her recipe and I'm pretty certain she doesn't want you to feel super sad about losing it. I like your thought that whoever finds it will love and appreciate it… I know I would if I were to find such a cool thing while shopping.
I want it, but I won't post a message. To have to approach store management and explain this, I literally would break down sobbing. The thought of putting that raw emotion out there brings me great anxiety just thinking about it. My breath catches. I know this sounds stupid, but I can't even begin to explain how far I've come to feel normal again to make myself so vulnerable again.
It was my fault. I shouldn't have carried it with me. I should've just written down what I needed. So, there is a reason this happened. THere is a lesson here beyond just being stupid. Or maybe the lesson is to quit being stupid. I don't know. I'm mentally flogging myself about this, I just have to work through it.
Can you maybe email them? Or have a friend post the message. I've got Ma's old recipe book...would hate to lose it. There's this one, a turkey-cooking recipe. She loved that thing...not that she ever used it. Calls for popcorn stuffing. Unpopped popcorn. Recipe says that turkey is done when the popcorn blows the arse off the turkey. She got a really kick out of that. Wonder if it works?
I wish I could go to the store manager for you. Let us pray then that it will be turned in by a kind and caring soul. They say everything happens for a reason. We will accept this and manifest positives. You are not stupid! Never ever say that Dana Jean!! No negatives, no should of, would of. What is-is and we'll just ask that it will be returned. Ask and it is given.
Have you checked the parking lot? The trash cans you checked, were they ones the staff who sweeps up use? I suppose you could post an ad in a local newspaper.
Thanks everyone. I even did Staro's Tony Tony come around, something's lost that can't be found.
yes, checked parking lot. Checked all the individual checker's stands to see if someone handed it to a checker on the way out. It just vanished! Believe me, I noticed it was gone and I was flying through that store down every aisle, looking on top of shelves and stands where I shopped, thinking maybe I laid it down somewhere while I was picking something up. It's fallen through a thinny.
That's funny because when I read your post about the lost recipe....I said that for you,too. I am so sorry luvey.
Here's a crazy thought..... think back to when you first realized the recipe paper was missing. Is there any chance you put it in a pants pants, coat pocket, or even back into your purse. What else did you have in your hands? Close your eyes and picture the paper in your hand---- what did you do next?
The way I'm trying to look at this, the store I shop at is very local. I know a handful of people who work there because I went to school with them. My mom worked in their jewelry department for something like 15 years. I'm thinking, she was hanging out while I was shopping and needed that recipe. She took it back.
I have emptied every pocket in my purse. I've checked my pants pocket, although it was a big index card and I wouldn't have folded it. I had 7 recipes with me. Only this one was hand written by my mom. I made it home with all of them except this one. I didn't have a coat on. I have checked all grocery bags and I have checked the actual groceries in hopes that maybe it stuck to the underside of the roll bag, or the banana cream pie box etc...
And they know I am looking for it. I don't want to give the impression that I'm just curling up in the fetal position. Close, but I did ask workers as I passed them so hopefully there are enough of them that if they see it, they will turn it in. I will ask at the lost and found again in a few days.
I've searched the car. I had some quilt patterns with me, I've looked inside them. I mean, honestly, this thing just vanished. I'm hoping once my initial upset has calmed down I can think a little clearer about the shopping trip and maybe I will see it in my mind's eye.
It's good I think that it's on a card and not just paper. Makes it look more important to someone sweeping, plus harder to sweep away. I wish you could go in the back and look thru the staff's vest-thingy pockets. Someone sweeping or walking thru might've picked it up, put it in pocket meaning to throw it away later.
Sure hope it shows up. Could you maybe have left it home on accident and its still where you normally keep it?
No, I remember looking at it to see what I needed as I was standing in the spice aisle. And I have checked that spice shelf too!