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SOONER44EVER
6/9/2006, 05:34 PM
In 1997 my little brother, an OU grad and huge OU fan, passed away as a result of stomach cancer. He was only 31. When we began the diffucult task of going through his things at his house we noticed there was something missing. He had received an antique marble from my Mom's elderly uncle when he was 9 or 10 years old. It was a big marble about 1" in diameter and made of clear glass with a gold number 1 inside it. It was very, very old............like close to 150 years old! Its been passed down in the family for a while. Its worth a lot of money but is even more sentimental. After looking through my brother's things the marble was nowhere to be found. I asked all his friends about it and nobody knew a thing. We looked and looked but the marble was apparently gone forever. Well.................this morning Dad called and said he had something for me. I asked what it was but he wouldn't tell me. Later when I went to see him guess what he gave me? Yep, the marble. When Dad went out to get the paper early this morning he saw something shiny on the front steps. There was the marble, sitting on a magnolia leaf right in the middle of the top step on Dad's porch! After being gone for nearly 10 years the marble is back. How weird is that??
yermom
6/9/2006, 05:36 PM
someone feeling guilty? ;)

that's pretty cool
Tailwind
6/9/2006, 05:37 PM
Whoah, that is weird!
SOONER44EVER
6/9/2006, 05:39 PM
someone feeling guilty? ;)

that's pretty cool
Thats what we were thinking. I can't think of any other possible explanation.
SOONER44EVER
6/9/2006, 05:57 PM
I'm still kinda freaked out.
Tailwind
6/9/2006, 06:16 PM
Maybe it's an omen.
StoopTroup
6/9/2006, 06:18 PM
There is still good in the World.

There's the proof.

Don't be freaked...
TUSooner
6/9/2006, 06:52 PM
There is still good in the World.

There's the proof.

Don't be freaked...
I like that view.
oumartin
6/9/2006, 06:57 PM
wow, one of those things you dont' question just accept.
BajaOklahoma
6/9/2006, 07:03 PM
Now if it had happened last Tuesday...........
olevetonahill
6/9/2006, 07:28 PM
Wow , Be at peace my friend its cool
XingTheRubicon
6/9/2006, 08:05 PM
That's definately freaky, but good news nonetheless.

I have a similar, less freaky story.

My Uncle lost his alumni ring in the Canadian River in the late 70's. About 12 years later a woman called him from Shawnee and asked if he had lost a ring.

He couldn't believe it. She found it a few hundred yards downstream, and began making calls to find the owner of a K-State ring. One of the people she got a hold of knew my Uncle and heard he had lost it. Anyway, he met up with her and treated her to dinner for her efforts...and banged her later that night with the ring on.


note: the last ten words are possibly embellishment
walkoffsooner
6/9/2006, 08:46 PM
sorry for your loss.happy for your find.
OUinFLA
6/9/2006, 08:55 PM
wow, that's a great story that can be passed on down with the marble to the next few generations.
I hope that all beneficiaries of the marble will appreciate it as much you appear to.
StoopTroup
6/9/2006, 09:01 PM
I bet your Brother whispered in their ear.
MamaMia
6/9/2006, 09:25 PM
How lovely. I believe an angel left it there. :)
olevetonahill
6/9/2006, 09:30 PM
How lovely. I believe an angel left it there. :)
your such a sweet heart . I think the debil was fixin to eat the thief's soul and he tried to buy more time by trying to repent a lil . JMHO ;)
SOONER44EVER
6/10/2006, 01:15 AM
My Mom got back tonight from her Uncle's funeral in far south Texas. Dad told her the story. Dad said she cried.
Tailwind
6/10/2006, 01:28 AM
Undoubtedly. The story kind gave me chills.
SOONER44EVER
6/10/2006, 01:34 AM
Undoubtedly. The story kind gave me chills.
It really gave my dad chills.
Tailwind
6/10/2006, 01:36 AM
I'll bet it did. That had to be a strange feeling.
SoonerSid
6/10/2006, 01:39 AM
It really gave my dad chills.
that marble belongs in your family for sure.. glad it made its way back to your family. Lil brother probably had something to do with it too.. his spirit lives on.. good news for sure.. no doubt your Mom was touched too..
soonercody
6/10/2006, 09:11 AM
That is a great story. Thanks for sharing.
SOONER44EVER
6/12/2006, 01:43 AM
The marble looks like the one below only it has a gold number 1 in it.

http://julia.hanovercomputer.com/americana/apr04/catalog/images/97289.jpg
BeetDigger
6/12/2006, 08:52 AM
And to think, your Dad has been walking past that spot for 10 years and never looked down before. :D

That is pretty wild. I guess someone else realized that sentimental value trumps any other form of value.
colleyvillesooner
6/12/2006, 08:57 AM
That's awesome.