A tale of two earings

Just after I retired we went on a couple of walking trips in Nepal. On one of these we bought a pair of pink sapphires from one of the many gem shops in Kathmandu and when we returned home I had them made into earrings for Mrs T.
About ten years ago one was lost while she was in town, then about five years ago the charity shop where she was a volunteer was refurbished. She happened to be there when the old carpet was pulled up and something glittered where the carpet had met a threshold strip, it was the earring, a bit battered and needing resetting.
Yes it's an old story but I needed a small blip for TinyTuesday.
Thanks to trisharooni for this month's challenge