Last night I was trying to find my favorite Emergency Squad tee shirt. I have been given several. I have two or three that are blue (because they were getting rid of them), a bright green one, a light gray long-sleeved one, and my favorite which is a nice gray one made of nice fabric). Two of the blue ones are huge and strictly for sleeping, and the light gray one doesn’t fit (too small).

I’d been invited to a lunch for Emergency Squad folks with the instruction that we should wear a Squad tee shirt. My plan was to wear my favorite one which is comfortable and attractive.

I couldn’t find it. I was sure I’d seen it in my closet but it had been a while. My first thought was that it was on the right side near the front. I couldn’t locate it. I looked throughout the small closet and eventually took nearly everything out and placed it on my bed but still I didn’t find it. Looked everywhere I could think of.

Today I went back and started over, looking more carefully in the first place I’d checked. It was there!

When looking for a lost item, I have found it’s almost always where you first thought it was. Instead of taking everything out of my closet, I should have slowed down and looked more thoroughly.

Nine times out of ten my memory is good. I am just impatient.

I must learn to stay at the first search site and use more effort. It would save time in the long run.