A Very Sad Day

I cant believe that my camera is gone. My husband bought it for me as a surprise... probably the best surprise Ive ever gotten. I am a trigger happy lunatic, and when my ole faithful digital camera went the way of the dinosaur, I was devastated. I made do with a small hand held video camera that took stills, but the picture quality was far from what I was use to... but I'm a lunatic remember. So when a new Olympus... waterproof, shatter-proof camera had my name on it... I was beyond thrilled. It of course never left my side... that is until today. I took it out to take pictures of the young'ns and put it down beside me... only to walk away from my little piece of happiness. Along with at least a hundred pictures, which I cherished each and every one. As soon as I realized what I had done, I made a mad dash down the hill and back to the place I had lost my beloved. Much to my disappointment, but not surprise, the little black case was gone. I asked the ice cream man if anyone had turned it in... of course not. I went into the mini-mart, the answer echoed the first. My heart sank to the pit of my stomach. Whoever has it, has taken it home with them. All my wonderful memories, all my precious moments... gone. The only sliver of hope I have is that whoever picked it up, recognized me or someone in the photograph, and they are planning to get it back to me. Now days, I wont hold my breath. But I still have that sliver of hope, because without hope, what do we have left? I pray to God that my camera finds it way back to me... and if not, I release it whom ever has deemed today their lucky day, because they need it more than I do. If that's true... then that is an awful lot. I didn't get to spent a whole lot of time getting acquainted with my dear friend, but all the memories that we shared, will not be forgotten. If you love something, let it go... if it doesn't come back, it was never meant to be.