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I lost my wedding ring a couple of years ago. I can’t remember the details. I think I just noticed one day that it was gone, obviously either taken off and misplaced, or having slipped off another way.

I told my wife, who reacted as though I’d announced that our neighbor’s much-loved goldfish had died after a long and happy life. After 35 years of marriage, this isn’t that big of a deal. I got another ring.

There are other things you can lose, though. This week I was remembering a scene from “The West Wing” in which the president, played by Martin Sheen, has been suffering fro...