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Lost and found

March 10th, 2010 | China, Hope, Inspiration and creativity, Opportunity, Prayer, Travel 

How's this for a feel good story to start the day with!

In late 2008, a couple from South Africa crossed the Atlantic aboard the beautiful Queen Mary 2 and alongside the Queen Elizabeth 2, during the latter's final voyage across the pond. While taking pictures of the QE2's historic crossing, their camera slipped and disappeared into the deep blue sea.

In January of this year, fifteen months after the camera was lost, a fisherman trawling the ocean floor found the camera in his fishing net. The camera was inoperable but the memory card and photos were intact.

The fisherman viewed the photos, which included a picture of a woman standing on the deck of a ship with the QE2 at sea in the background. The fisherman contacted the BBC, where a correspondent determined that the passengers had been aboard the QM2.

Cunard was notified and the company was able to identify and locate the couple and reunite them with their photos, plucked from the bottom of the sea. Vacations to Go

Many years ago, I lost a camera in a taxi in Guangzhou. I still hope that somehow the pictures will get back to me, because they are irreplaceable. This was before I had a digital camera. It's possible! If a camera, pictures intact, can be plucked from the sea, then anything is possible!

Sometimes you hear that still, small voice, but you don't realize it. The day I lost the camera, when I removed everything from the taxi, the thought came to me to double check, but I didn't follow through. I thought I had all my bags. That was a hard lesson, but one I hope not to repeat. I had my bags, but the camera had slipped out. The memories of that precious day are engraved in my heart, even if I don't have the photos.

Have you ever had a lost item found in an unusual way or after an unusual amount of time?
Sometimes I think the best way is not to look for the item past a certain point, but wait for it to surface. I've found things in places I would never think to look. And I've also been able to replace an item several years later, after I wasn't actively looking for it or a replacement. So where is the latest item that has gone missing! Perhaps in the same place that individual socks go.

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

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