'I can’t explain my grief in losing them': Restaurant worker finds widow's lost wedding rings...

'I can’t explain my grief in losing them': Restaurant worker finds widow's lost wedding rings in a 'Christmas miracle'

http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/i-can-t-explain-my-grief-in-losing-them-restaurant/article_9e1c4d11-a275-568e-9323-2de8c22a4114.html




JESSICA KOKESH/WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE

Arlene Johnson wears the wedding band of her late husband, Rodney, along with her own wedding rings. Rodney, Arlene’s husband of 54 years, died in May. At some point during a night out in Kearney, the rings slipped off Johnson's finger. Luckily, they were found and returned to her within a few days.


POSTED: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2014 2:00 AM
By Jessica Kokesh / World-Herald News Service

KEARNEY, Neb. — When Arlene Johnson lost her wedding rings a few weeks ago, it was as if she’d lost her husband all over again.

Rodney, Johnson’s husband of 54 years, died in May, and Johnson had taken to wearing his wedding band with her rings on her hand since his death. During a night out with friends in Kearney in early December, Johnson came home and realized her rings had slipped off her finger sometime during the night.

“These were my very original rings,” Johnson said. “I never had a desire to get a different ring like some people do. I’d had them for 54 years. I can’t explain my grief in losing them.”

Johnson said she stayed up until 3 the next morning, searching through drawers and under beds, upending the house to make sure she hadn’t misplaced them in her home. The rings weren’t there.

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