The Heartwarming Return of Mary Grams’ Lost Engagement Ring
In a truly remarkable story from 2017, Mary Grams of Alberta, Canada, was joyously reunited with her lost engagement ring after it was discovered wrapped around a carrot in her garden. This heartwarming moment came nearly 13 years after Mary had given up hope of ever seeing her cherished ring again.
The story begins in 2004, when Mary lost her engagement ring while working in the garden on her family’s farm. Despite searching for days, the ring seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Little did she know, her beloved ring had been hiding in plain sight, waiting for fate to bring it back.
The discovery occurred when Mary’s daughter-in-law, Colleen Daley, pulled a strange-looking carrot from the garden. To everyone’s amazement, the carrot had Mary’s engagement ring tightly wrapped around its root. The family was overcome with joy and disbelief at the unbelievable find.
Mary recalls the day she lost the ring: “I went to the garden for something and I saw this long weed. For some reason, I picked it up, and it must have caught on something and pulled [the ring] off.” She had worn the ring since 1951, the year before she married her husband, Norman. Though Mary and her family searched tirelessly for the ring, they eventually assumed it was lost forever.
Not wanting to upset her husband, Mary kept the loss a secret and bought herself a similar ring. “I didn’t tell him because I thought for sure he’d give me heck or something,” she shared. For over 13 years, this small but meaningful secret remained with her.
