A Lesson of Patience & Determination

Early this evening, my parents just arrived home from some game time in the casino. Since it was already late at night, they were preparing to go to bed. Some of my mom's personal ritual after changing her clothes, is to take off her jewelries, basically her ring and necklace and rinse them with water just to take out the saltiness from perspiration. Unfortunately, she accidentally dropped her necklace into the sink's drain. She was crying when she told us about it and tried to retrieve the jewelry. My dad's first reaction was getting mad at her and blamed her for the incident. I tried to calm them down and agreed to try to retrieve the valuable item which probably was just stucked at the bottom of the U-shaped pipe right below the drain. My dad got a wire that he fashioned the tip into a small hook and used it to retrieve the necklace. After several attempts, I tried doing it myself without success. I couldn't even feel anything down there. The next thing that I suggested was to call a plumber in the morning so that he could take out the U-shaped pipe as we were sure that the necklace was stucked in there. As long as the sink wont be used, there will be no possibility that the necklace will be flushed out by water. We tried to take out the pipe ourselves but we didn't have the proper tool to use and I was afraid that we might destroy the pipe causing a much bigger problem. I basically surrendered to the unsuccessful situation and strongly suggested that they should go to bed and call the plumber in the morning. One of my dad's good traits though is not to easily lose hope in a hopeless situation. He manipulated the wire that he used to retrieve the necklace into different angle to conform with the U-shape of the drain pipe. I discouraged him that he will be up until the morning trying to retrieve the item. My mom was again crying and started praying. I could not bear watching both of them so I went into my room and opened my computer. After an hour or so, my dad successfully retrieved the necklace from the drain. If he had surrendered like I did, my mom could have spend the whole evening worrying about the necklace and without sleep, and we could have spend some amount of money to pay the plumber in the morning.
Some lessons learned: Never attempt to take off jewelries next to a sink with open drain. Never surrender to find ways and means to solve the problem unless all resources were being used up. Lastly, as what my mom did....Pray!