A few years ago my mom noticed that her diamond in her wedding ring fell out. She felt so bad that she had lost it and even more bad that she no longer wore a wedding ring. But feeling like it was a selfish thing to get a new one she went without. However, after a year of not wearing a ring, she gave in and bought a simple CTR ring to wear on her wedding finger. She was content with that but us kids were not.
Originally, Sharon, my sister, was just going to get her a new one for mothers day but all of us kids wanted to pitch in and help. We decided on secret operation "fix the ring" and started the process. To begin with, we had to find mom's old ring. Sharon started talking with her about her hands that carried over to talking about grandma's hands, then rings, then mom's ring, and where it was stashed. The only clue we had was that it was stored with grandma's ring. Well, Rebekah, my sister and Jamie, my brother, each took turns at different visits to try and find the ring while my mom was out of the house, but to no avail.
Finally, Rebekah looked in mom's drawers in a salt and pepper shaker and found mom's ring. (I don't know why mom hid it there, but we found it!) So we all sent my brother, Ian, some money and with the discount that Karissa, Ian's wife, gets at the jewelry store cause she works there, we were able to get a new diamond for mom along with it being sized to the proper size. It took so long to find mom's old ring that we weren't sure we would get it done in time but luckily we got it the day before Ian was leaving for our reunion and so he brought it with him for my Dad to present to my mom.
My mom said it looks bigger than she remembers, well, everyone deserves an upgrade!
My parents are so kind and giving, always sacrificing that they deserve the best! I'm so grateful for them!
I saw this all growing up, there was never a doubt that my parents loved each other. Always kiss your spouse in front of your kids, it lets them know that you love each other!
Cheers to Eternity You Two!!




1 comment:
that is so sweet! your parents are so cute together- how awesome- Her ring looks amazing!
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