DISHONESTY is the best policy ...

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or so it would seem to be, to certain people. I'm here at my sister's until Sunday with my daughter, for our second week of summer vacation. I really need to be here, as I've had a lot of additional stress in my life of late. My sister had purchased tickets to a musical, for the two of us and our daughters. The production was yesterday evening, and it was held in a converted barn, in a small resort town north of here. This is something the four of us love to do. We arrived early, so had quite a wait before the show. My daughter and I went to the ladies room, and I removed my family ringwhich I received as a special gift from family and friends, for my 50th birthday, a few years back. It has a gold band with six birthstones, a stone for each of my three stepsons, one for my daughter, my late husband's stone, as well as my own. I personally chose the ring, as my loved ones wanted to be sure it was the one I really wanted. As is my habit, I placed the ring on the vanity to wash my hands. There was only one sink in the small washroom. There were a couple of ladies behind me, so I quickly moved away to the wall dryer, asking my daughter to hold my purse for me, while I dried my hands. We left the washroom, and rejoined my sister and my niece. Approximately 10 minutes laterI noticed that my ring wasn't on my finger. I knew exactly where I'd left it, so asked my daughter to run downstairs to the ladies room, to get it for me. She was gone for longer than I expected. My ring was nowhere to be found. We checked at the box office, the refreshment counter, etc., etc., to see if it'd been turned in. It hadn't! I even suggested to the lady I spoke with, that maybe they could make an announcement about the ring, which they didn't do. My thinking was that maybe if they did this, the person who had taken it would feel guilty, and even turn it in. We left the theatre without my ring, but they do have my name, and my sister's phone number, just in case. I don't expect to ever see my ring again! I know that I'm to blame here too, for my carelessness, as I just did this without even thinking. As well as the value of the ring (not inexpensive), it has a great deal of sentimental meaning for me. I am heartbroken over this. I thank all of you for indulging my rambling here. Have you ever found something of value like this? What did you do with it? If you haven't (yet), what would you do if you found such an item? Have you ever had a treasured piece of jewellery, or something else you valued, lost or stolen? Did you get it back?