Losing something becomes more common the older a person gets. Losing one’s cell phone or reading glasses becomes a weekly or sometimes daily happening. It’s getting to where I would like to drop the word “losing,” and start using the word “misplaced.” Eventually the item which mysteriously disappeared turns up. It may be found within minutes, hours, days or even longer. Sometimes finding the lost humbles one’s self, like locating the glasses on top of your head.

There are those times when the worst happens, like the panicky time when a child is missing. It happens to the best parents in the wo...