Belated Valentine's gift
by Kristen
So, for some time now I have had a couple of small diamonds missing from my wedding ring and some of the prongs have been bent. We haven't had the money to do much about it and I didn't really think it was the most important thing- I did want to fix the ring sometime. Every once in a while I would think that maybe for Christmas or my birthday or our anniversary we could get it fixed- but it just ended up not being possible. I wouldn't mention anything to Tim because I knew he was aware of the ring needing to be fixed and would take care of it when we could.
Well, the week before Valentine's day we were out on a date at a restaurant and Tim said we were going to the jewelers to get my ring fixed. I was very surprised- I had not been thinking at all about it. So we gave my ring over the the jewelers (the hard part was that they had to cut the ring off since I could not get it off). I was hoping it would be back by Valentine's day but that didn't happen. Tim got a call about it once that they needed to do some different work and it would take longer. So we continued to wait. Then, last Saturday during the couples conference the jewelers called and said the ring was done! Perfect timing, we stopped by the jewelers on the way home and picked up my ring.
One other note about the ring. Tim's mom's wedding ring had 9 small diamonds around the bigger one and it ended up that she had 9 kids. My wedding ring had 6 small diamonds around the bigger one and we now have 6 kids. So when Ariana was born Tim told me later that he knew right away that he needed to get the ring fixed. It just didn't feel right not having all 6 little diamonds that, in a sense, represented our 6 kids. I totally agreed with him. The ring looks so beautiful. I feel like I'm getting married all over again. (The picture doesn't quite do it justice.)
Comments
Your ring looks so beautiful! I'm so happy it all worked out!
Posted by: Holly at February 27, 2007 02:38 PMoh no, my engagement ring has 10 little diamonds next to the big one. i don't know how i feel about 10 little cartagenas running around. that would be a handful (haha, literally!)
Posted by: Autumn at February 27, 2007 09:38 PMNancy is sitting here awwwing at the story. Nice work, Tim. Beautiful ring, Kristen.
Good story, all around. :)
Posted by: Matt and Nancy at February 27, 2007 10:11 PMWow... and I tend to be pessimistic about wedding rings in conjunction with marriage. I might just have to reconsider. I bet it felt nice to have Tim slide that on again :-D
Posted by: Steve O at February 28, 2007 12:35 AMThanks for posting Kirsten!! Love to hear from you!
Smooth Tim!!!
Posted by: wendy sue at February 28, 2007 07:36 AMHmmm...do I sense a new bridal shower game coming on?
That is the prettiest wedding ring set I've ever seen. Much prettier than a big, gaudy diamond.
Posted by: Kathy at March 6, 2007 09:08 PMHi Tim and Kristen,
What a wonderful story. Ain't love grand, even after all these years! :)
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