TEMPLE, Texas — A Texas woman who lost her wedding ring while passing out candy on Halloween has been reunited with her cherished jewelry -- with a little help from social media.
Misti Smith, of Temple, was passing out treats from her residence when the ring slipped off her finger, KCEN-TV reported.
“We looked all around my porch, in the candy bucket,” Smith told KWTX-TV. “The only other explanation is when I was grabbing the candy, it slipped off into someone’s bag.”
Temple woman desperately searching for wedding ring lost on Halloween night gets ring back thanks to social media https://t.co/DyGLgNhhsY
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The ring’s value is more than monetary. It is the last link between Smith and her husband, who now resides in a long-term care facility, according to the television station.
“I could just go to Kay’s (Jewelers) and get a new one,” originally told KWTX. “But that’s not the same, it’s not from him. It’s a piece of him that I can carry every day since he’s not living with us anymore. A piece of my heart is gone with that ring being gone.”
After sharing online that she had lost the ring, Smith said she received a message on the social media platform from a parent who said the jewelry was discovered in their son’s trick-or-treater’s bag of candy, according to the television station.
“Thank you all so much for sharing my post -- God is faithful!!!” Smith wrote in all capital letters in a Facebook post later on Halloween night. “I picked up my ring tonight from Daniel Gonzalez who found my ring and messaged me.”
