I’m so sorry to hear about this, Maura. It’s happened to me, twice, so I know exactly how you feel (I live in a condo now, 3rd floor). May the perps suffer from bad breath and hives. Buggers.

Peace of mind is most important now. The alarm system will help a lot.

truely this is one of those ‘the goddess was looking out for her’ things. it was found about three drawers lower than where it was put, at the very back corner of that ‘tray’ in the jewelery cabinet. pretty close to hidden by a bunch of bagged up (little ziplocks) beaded jewelery that the thieves didn’t want..

it had to have ‘hopped’ down there somehow when they were pulling out the upper drawers which had all the sterling chainmalle stuff in them. (which they cleaned out entirely) Not only did both the ring and the band make the jump, but they effectively went and HID in as hard to spot a location as they could, surrounded by stuff the burglers considred ‘junk’. Thank you Goddess!

Minor miracle really, especially when you consider the abysmally low max our insurance turns out to have on jewelery.. That was maxed out just with the stuff she’s made over the last few years (not counting labor!)

I’m happy the cat is back home and getting the alarm system installed should help restore your peace of mind. As for the other stuff like anger and worry, those will take a little longer to overcome, but it will get better with time.

Hang in there darlin.
Michelle