When I Lost My Wedding Ring

I came home from work one day in March 2017. It was about 7:00 p.m., and I went into the kitchen to prepare dinner for my wife. As I started, I realized that I had not removed my wedding ring. I went to the bedroom, put my ring on the bedside table, and returned to the kitchen to continue to prepare our meal. I had finished when my wife came home from work, and we sat down for dinner. After we finished eating, we tidied up the kitchen. I took a shower, and we retired to our bed. Before I went to bed, I plugged in my phone, and as I was setting the alarm to wake me in the morning, I heard something fall to the floor. I did not look to see what it was.

I was awakened in the morning by my phone alarm. I got out of bed, went to the bathroom, and got ready for work. My wife was still sleeping. I was about to leave, but I could not find my ring. I decided to leave it until I returned from work in the evening. That evening, as I reached home from work, the first thing I did was look for my ring. I moved all the furniture and looked everywhere, but I could not find it.

I was thinking about dinner and where the ring could have fallen. Then something occurred that caused me to think differently: My wife’s brother, who lived with us, had passed the bedroom and somehow, I think he may have taken it. He had taken her ring once before and hidden it.

I told my wife that I put the ring on the bedside table, but she thought otherwise. I told her what I thought, that her brother had taken it, but she remarked that I left it at some woman’s house. But I know the truth. I still have not found my wedding ring, and until this day, it is still missing.

Delton Wildman writes, “I was born in 1959 in Kingston, Jamaica. When I started to read books, it gave me the idea that one day I would like to be an inspirational renowned writer.” Delton Wildman studied physiology, then worked on cars and as a security professional, while traveling between Jamaica and the United States. He studies at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Flatbush Adult Learning Center, where he says his “love for writing is being developed.” Noemia Nicolas is the literacy adviser, and Gladys Ortiz is the site supervisor.