Ring-a-Ding Ding

I recently blogged about the gold band I had made  (a super idea from Nancy) to honor my wonderful mother. 

The ring was uniquely created in that I dug through my jewelry box and fished out my monogrammed, badly mangled baby ring. After picking out a plain gold 2mm wedding band, I had a local jeweler solder the baby ring to the band. The final step was to have Mom's name engraved on the inside of the band. Beautiful! I am so pleased.

Stupid Cupid

Another Valentines's Day, and - no - I really am not bitter that I am single, though I admit that sometimes I think it would be nice to have a partner. I usually just ignore this day because that suits me, but this year I did something special...just for me. I thank Nancy (here) at f8hasit for this stunning idea. I bought a plain gold band to honor my mother who died years ago. I have never stopped missing her, and now I have a physical reminder of her love on my finger. I head to the engraver next week to have her name imprinted on the outside of the band. I have always felt her presence, but now I have something that I can actually touch and feel. Very comforting. I wish I had done it along ago. So Happy Valentine's Day to me!