By Sumeyya Ilanbey
Cathy has trawled through every nook and cranny, thrice, for the past year in search of an heirloom ring.
Her efforts have been to no avail, and she’s asking the Melton community for help.
Cathy, who asked that her last name not be used, believes she lost the gold sapphire ring at Woodgrove Shopping Centre in August last year.
The ring has immense sentimental value. It belonged to her mother-in-law, who died 18 years ago. It was passed on to Cathy by her father-in-law soon after his wife’s death.
“My father-in-law had bought it for her about five or six years before she died,” Cathy
said.
“They weren’t very wealthy – he bought it lovingly for her and she wore it on special occasions.”
Cathy was instructed by her father-in-law, who died in 2006, to pass the ring on to her eldest daughter “when the time was right”.
Cathy has been riddled with guilt for the past year, but is confident she lost the ring at Woodgrove Shopping Centre.
“Prior to a doctor’s appointment, I’d been at Woodgrove and I went into my handbag to get the appointment card to have a look and just reassure myself of the appointment time,” Cathy said.
“Something dropped out of my bag, I picked it up and put it back into my handbag.
“When I was at the doctors waiting room I thought I must check my ring … but I couldn’t find it in my bag.”
Cathy said she had been in the process of moving house and had been packing boxes, hoping she would eventually find the precious ring.
“Every time I’ve unpacked a box, I’ve gone through absolutely everything – I’ve unpacked my clothes, gone through the pockets … not once or twice, but three times,” she said.
“I’ve gone through everything and haven’t been able to find it.”
The ring is a gold sapphire ring, with diamonds encrusted around the sapphire. Cathy said a financial reward would be given to the person who returned the ring.
Information to cmbssapphire@yahoo.com
