When it comes to jewelry, I've never been the type to want anything fancy or expensive. To me, it's not what it is that's important, its the gift/giver that makes a piece special. Or maybe its the reason for the piece -- call me sentimental (I know I am!). In fact, one of the lines to a Tom Waits song is " ... he gave her a dimestore watch and a ring made from a spoon ... ", and to me that's it exactly. It wasn't a 1 carat diamond in some fancy setting - spending money on a gift is easy; giving someone something from the heart is much harder. And means that much more.
So how did my thumb get naked?
Almost a year ago, to celebrate a turning point in a relationship, I bought a second thumb ring (the first one celebrated something in my own life! see post here ) Thursday at work, I had to do some maneuvering and cleaning and somehow it slipped off. I looked and looked, to no avail. And went with a naked thumb the entire day. It wasn't about losing the ring itself, as it wasn't expensive; I was more upset with losing the symbolism that went with the ring.
When I got to work today, our jewelry dept had a duplicate of the ring, so of course, I had to get it. And requested a txt message to have the sentiment "restarted" again!!
I'm so happy my thumb isn't naked anymore!
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