Things you wish you could find again.

BecW2be

What's something you wish you could have back or find again?

When I was 7, we went to the circus and the clowns pulled kids out of the audience, took them backstage and put clown make up and big fluffy clown shirts on us and let us ride an elephant in part of the show. After the show, my dad bought me a tightly-stuffed corduroy elephant with a beaded saddle and moving joints, and it was and will be my favorite gift from him, ever.

I have no clue what happened to it, but I'd give most anything to have it back. It's too late to call my mom to see if she tucked it away somewhere.

So, what's your corduroy elephant?

kkchisholm

the ability to live off 5 hours to sleep. night.

nda_roxybabe

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[QUOTE]when I was little - I don't even remember how old - I was obsessed with My Little Pony. I had 10 of them, which was more than any of the other girls I knew. Anywho, I remember getting a big stuffed pink one with cotton candy on her butt. I think my mom sold her in a yard sale, but I looked everywhere for her. The last time I was around when my mom had a yard sale, I looked for it in the bags of keepsake stuffies she's kept for us. She is gone, gone, gone. And if I can have that one back, I'll have my tiny purple one, too.
Posted by brookelynpaisley[/QUOTE]
omg I was obsessed! One day my older neighbor lady gave me a my little pony house with probably 15 my little ponies in it! I also had a mini one that was awesome. They don't make them like the used to.

I had an answer for this, but I lost it.

Night_Sprite

When FI and I dated for 3 weeks when I was 14 he gave me a little bear that I got rid of.  I'd like to have that bear back a decade later.

bbyckes

My 1st and 2nd grade yearbooks got destroyed years ago.  They were paperback and I didn't take very good care of them.  I wish I had. 

There was a mug that had a picture of me and my first real boyfriend on it.  In his handwriting, he wrote, Happy Valentine's Day.  It was sweet.  It broke in a move.  I threw away the pieces.  I should have tried to piece it back together.  That was 15 years ago. 

I'm really sentimental.  About almost everything.  I could go on. 

missy68

I lost a pearl necklace my grandmother started for me when I was born. I wore it all the time (it was like an add a pearl, but they were small and graduated). I wore it on an English Club hike, and never saw it again. All I can figure is that I lifted the collar of my shirt to wipe my face and broke the chain in the woods.

I also was given a seed pearl ring that belonged to my great grandmother.  I had just gotten it resized, and was wearing it to show it off (to the pool - smart). I took it off to go swimming, asking a friend to keep an eye on it (we sat with the lifeguard and it was his table). The ring disappeared.

I'd give anything to have both back. I'd also give most anything to have Maggie back, healthy and young again.

nda_roxybabe

I'm really pissed that I can't remember what my answer was. Perhaps it should have been my memory (which is typically great)

Kati0105

This post is making me all nostalgic and sad

I also had one of those Snuggle bears but my mom washed it and it lost its softness, I was so mad at her (I was like 5).

My high school boyfriend bought me gorgeous diamond earrings and I lost one.  Even though we obviously aren't together anymore I'd still like to have them for old time's sake.

I also want my thick, curly hair back.  I hated it in 7th grade and had my hair chemically relaxed a few times.  The curl never came back, and now my hair is limp and sad.

thesuninherhead

Once when I was a kid, my mother was driving us to school and we came by a gallah with a band on its foot indicating that it was a pet. It had clipped wings but had clearly managed to escape from wherever it belonged. I jumped out of the car, and grabbed the bird (much to my mother's horror). My mother was relief teaching at that stage so had been called in to work at my school so we didn't have a chance to go back home for me to put it into one of our cages until we found it's owner, so she suggested I go and ask the school cleaner if I could borrow a cage there.

I did so, and the cleaner said she'd find a cage. That afternoon, I went to go and pick it up, and she told me that the owners of the bird had come to the school and collected it. Even as a 9 year old, I knew that was very unlikely.

It later turned out that this same cleaner was stealing grade 1 kid's artwork and selling it at the local markets. I always wondered what she did with the bird, and used to creep by her house (she lived in our suburb) and listen for it. I was so bummed that I didn't get to keep the gallah, and I knew this woman was lying, but my mother didn't want to rock the boat at the school by confronting her about where the bird had really gone.

thesuninherhead

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[QUOTE]I had a pair of plastic teeth on tongs I found at a garage sale once for 1$, named francine. Throughout my many moves I have misplaced francine. It disappoints me.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

Nebb, that is fantastic! I want francine now, too!

thesuninherhead

and for a real one, I wish I could have Nomad back. Obviously, I can't, but I do miss him. My funny little kitty who left us far too soon.

nda_roxybabe

TheSun- That so sad

thesuninherhead

Roxy, I presume you mean Nomad, and not the gallah! :P

I can't believe he's been gone for so long- it will be a year in April. I heard a Bjork song yesterday which I'd been listening to a lot around the time he was ill, and as soon as it came on the radio- before I had any idea what song it was- I said to H, 'why is it that this song has just made me feel so sad?'. As it got into the song, I realised what it was and remembered how upset I'd been when I was listening to it. Miss my little furkid, he was so sweet. He had a very fantastic and spoilt life, but 3 years just wasn't long enough.

colleenspencer

My dignity.

sarabellam

140 on the scale, and not as it goes swooshing past on the way up to a much higher number.

aggiebug

I collected my littlest pet shop when I was little, I had the store and it was full.  My mom convinced me to sell it in a garage sale.  I now wish I had it to pass on to my kids. they just aren't the same today