A Sad Loss

As we were preparing to travel to China, I had a list a mile long of "things to buy" (I love to-buy lists!) and one of the things on my list was sunglasses for Lucy. Well, literally days before we left I realized that I hadn't bought any yet. Teetering on whether it was all that important, I couldn't shake the desire to see my new little darling in some fun shades. So, I made a trip to Kohl's specifically for the specs. I just knew that the big round hot pink ones were perfect for my gal's personality....even though I had yet to meet her, I just knew. Turned out I was sooo right and everyone who knows her would agree that they fit her personality to a T! They have developed scratches & layers of grimy fingerprints but no matter, Lucy still loved them dearly. Well....I knew it was coming.....and sure enough, they're gone. We retraced our steps (it was a family forum of sorts figuring out the mystery of the missing glasses), and concluded that they were left at the Durango McDonald's. We had stopped in for a quick breakfast before church...Lucy was playing with them & accidentally knocked them on the floor in a hard-to-reach place under the seat. Well, Nick noticed but before he could reach to get them, I arrived at the table with our food & he quickly forgot about them (he's a teenager...when he sees food, nothing else matters). We left and that was that. We went back later in the week (twice!) to look for them & check "lost and found". Nope. Nada. Thankfully Lucy hasn't been too upset but this sentimental Mama is pretty sad because I really would have loved to hang on to them forever. :(