When I was a kid, I used the top of my mom’s trunk as a table when showing off my cards/collection to my friends. Well one day, I accidentally forgot to take my entire binder and my coveted Pokemon Silver cartridge from the top of my mom’s trunk. You can imagine how devastated I was when I found out that she drove away with it!
When she came back home, we jumped in the car and retraced her steps, but the binder and cartridge were never found. I was so distraught that I stopped collecting Pokemon cards in lieu of the more angsty Magic the Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh! card games that my older friends were playing/trading.
Needless to say, I had major regrets that I didn’t rebuild my collection. It wouldn’t have been hard to rebuild my collection, but I was too stubborn to revisit what I had lost.
Moral of the Story: Don’t let a silly mistake ruin your passion. Lost cards can be replaced. New memories can be made.