Thursday, September 9, 2010

lost


Yesterday, I lost the 1/2 carat diamond out of my engagement ring from Dale.

I was pretty sad about it becaue the diamond meant a lot to Dale. It took him six months to pay it off, and once when I lost it in the clothing store I managed, he was so disappointed. Thank god it was found a month later and for Christmas he gave me a narrow gold band with channel set diamonds to hold the engagement ring in place.

I wore the diamond with mine and Dale's wedding band for a full year after his death, then not again until after Bill and I were married. I loved how well it set off the diamonds in the band that Bill gave me.

Yesterday afternoon I noticed that the diamond was gone, and my heart just sank.

Bill says he's excited to help me find a new one, and I'll leave the other one behind. Besides, it could be anywhere - I visited several nursing homes and a couple of private homes. It could be in someone's vacuum cleaner by now.

7 comments:

  1. Oh that would have knocked my wife completely out for the count. UGH!!!

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  2. I remember you writing about this ~
    Let's all hope and pray the diamond shows up ~
    and that it's not in someone's vacumn cleaner.
    Have a nice weekend :) *hugs*

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  3. Oooh, that just smarts. Maybe it will show up. I loat a ruby necklace my husband gave me. I've looked everywhere. Not fun.

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  4. I'm so sorry to hear that you lost it Kate. I'm so sentimental and that would have made my heart sank too. *hugs*

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  5. Thanks you guys. It was just awful! I still get sick thinking about how my empty ring looks :(

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  6. I think having a new stone set in a band full of memories is a nice way to have a continuum of life and love...but my heart sank when I read of the diamond coming out. My wedding band (which has the diamond from my mom's engagement ring)is also channel set and I thought that was soooo safe. I have to get it resized as even my fingers are fatter than when I got married in 2000.

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  7. Sad to hear you lost a piece of the past, but happy to hear you're getting a replacement.

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