It Pays to be Relentless!

Story 728: 12 years ago when I was a student at OU, we frequently congregated at the Rio Bravo Cantina across the street from campus (killer deal for free appetizers during Happy Hour).  On a Friday night in the middle of winter, I arrive home from the bar and discover my mom’s tennis bracelet is missing.  Naturally, I am upset at the loss.  Imagine my frustration when I recall how the bracelet kept 'catching' when I removed my coat that day several times between my 3 classes.

As you all know, once I have my mind set on something, I won’t give up. I was determined to find this bracelet. I would arrive early to my 8 AM class on M/W/F, to comb the parking area before others arrived to park.  I began at one end of the lot shifting over by 6-12” at a time.

During my quest, I became best friends with the Lost & Found as I turned in all the various shiny objects I kept recovering (including numerous silver gum wrappers that I eventually learned to stop running towards with excitement).  Three weeks later, I found the bracelet at the end of the lot gleaming atop a snow bank where a plow must have placed it after scooping it up.  This too was a true blessing since it was not sitting on the ground between parked cars where someone would have been much more likely to find it.  The bracelet was broken, but all the stones were intact.  It pays to be relentless!

I was reminded about this as I just got the bracelet back from the jeweler from having it completely reset to something more suitable for someone like me.

EDIT: - Here is further detail an to provide some clarification based on a response comment - although I love the way 'Anonymous' thinks ( Tiara!) I am unsure if the comment maker knew when asked what "I do, " I have often indicated that surely they heard I was the 'Goddess of one thing or another (i.e. the  universe,  etc.) 

The design of the setting for my mom's tennis bracelet was 'delicate' and the baskets which held the diamonds were linked in a way that made the bracelet very flexible but highly susceptible to snapping between each stone (which is how I lost it).  The new setting is 'sturdy'.