A long time ago, heartbreakingly I lost my beautiful Emerald Cut Wedding Ring. It's been a long and discouraging journey. I've searched and prayed...and then searched some more. I've bought numerous "fake rings" and every one of them would turn copper or green and it would make me long for my wedding ring even more. You'd be surprised how often I get asked if I'm married...always by people that see the kids and fear that I'm on my own with them. I always reply, "Are you kidding me? I have triplets...I'd pay someone to marry me if I had to do this alone!" Haha!
We were recently able to replace my ring with the miracle of insurance policies and as luck would have it, it was delivered on my birthday! Those of you that fall victim to my giddy little texts know that I was practically waiting by the window for weeks for it to arrive! And just in time for family pictures!
We were able to stay pretty close to the original ring with 2 minor alterations. It's actually a little closer to what we had in mind when we designed the first ring. I love that Erik was really excited about it too! Of course his opinion was of the upmost importance!
It's been SO LONG since I've had a real wedding ring and I feel like I just got engaged all over again. It's a wonderful feeling, a wonderful blessing and an outward expression of our commitments and covenants. I only wish it held the memories that my first ring held. That it had been there when my husband proposed to me and in the temple when we made our covenants. But there's nothing I can do about it. And it's the ring I'll wear for the rest of our wonderful lives together.
I don't need a fancy ring to remember my covenants nor show to the world...but just like every woman I know, our relationships with our wedding rings are little love affairs and one of our most prized possessions. I definitely am in love with mine and happy to have one again!
Here's my happy face the day I got it!
SUCH a dorky picture of me!
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