I went and put my stuff back in my car and headed into the church. I bent over to take off my shoes and I felt my chain starting to slip off my neck. I quickly grabbed it to find that it had come undone. I looked for the cross and it was gone. I immediately started retracing my steps. I put my shoes back on, walked back to my car. I opened the trunk to see if it had fallen in there when I put my stuff away. I walked back towards the field and spent about an hour scouring the field looking for it. Nothing.

I have had that cross for so long I can't remember. That cross is more well known than me. People don't know me but they know that cross. I keep trying to tell myself that it was only a piece of metal and that it was all messed up anyway from all the years of abuse and neglect. It was tarnished and dirty. I should just forget about it. But I can't. It meant a whole lot more to me than just some $30 piece of silver. I should have known this was going to happen. The chain is even older than the cross and has fallen off a couple times recently. It was probably time to replace the chain in order to protect the cross but I didn't. 

I can always try to find a replacement. I was looking on different web sites last night to see if I could find something similar but I couldn't. Even if I did, I would still want my original cross back. It was a very nice cross. It was about 2 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. It had a rope design around each end of the cross and a criss cross rope at the center. I would get compliments on it all the time. In fact, the lady at the dentist office yesterday told me how nice she thought my cross was. I think she jinxed me.

I have a request to ask for everyone that reads this. Please help me find my cross. It's either some where at church or at the field across the street. I still have hope that it will turn up. If it does not, I ask that you help me to find a similar replacement. I'm really very sad.



Update:

One of my very good friends (I don't like to mention names without their permissions) found a couple of web sites that are selling what looks to me to be the exact same cross that I lost. While it isn't as good as the original I am very happy. I am going to order one pretty soon. I'm just going to hold out for a couple of days to see if the original one turns up.
To the friend that found this for me: DUDE, YOU ARE THE BEST!!!