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October 18, 2007
Class Ring
My day has started off positively. Today is Blue Day for Ashley’s school. (I did not take a photo). She had some blue earrings on, but they clashed with her shirt, so I looked through my jewelry box to see if I had any blue earrings.
I never get into my jewelry box. I wear the same five pairs of earrings all the time, so I leave them laying out where they are easily accessible.
I found one blue earring and asked Ashley if she wanted to wear the pair. I got her approval, so I had to dig through the box for its mate. While digging, my fingers found my class ring. I haven’t been able to wear this ring since my late teens, early twenties.
When Kevin and I started dating, I wore his class ring. When we got married, I switched out his class ring for my wedding rings. I’m guessing I had my wedding rings resized about ten years ago. It may have been even longer than that.
Back in late June, I discovered that I could no longer wear my wedding rings because my fingers had gotten smaller and they were falling off. We bought those little clear, plastic gizmos you clasp around your ring to make it bigger so you can wear it, but that kept popping off. Afraid I would lose them; I put my wedding rings away and haven’t worn them since.
This morning though, I held my class ring between my fingers and wondered if there was any way it would fit; not really having any hope at all.
It fit:
I am still shocked. You have to realize, this ring is something I thought I would never be able to wear again. I had no idea when you lost weight, your fingers lost weight too! I am still wearing the ring and still very happy. I will have my wedding rings resized, but I want to get comfortable with my new weight loss first. You know, settle in with a number and then maintain for a bit. After all, a ring can only take so much going back and forth.
Although I am happy, I cannot see a class ring without remembering this poem:
Class RingAuthor: Unknown
Near to the door he paused to stand
as he took his class ring off her hand
all who were watching did not speak
as a silent tear ran down his cheek
and through his mind the memories ran
of the moments they walked
and ran in the sand hand and hand
but now her eyes were so terribly cold
for he would never again have her to hold
they watched in silence as he bent near
and whispered the words......
"I LOVE YOU" in her ear
he touched her face and started to cry
as he put on his ring and wanted to die
and just then the wind began to blow
as they lowered her casket into the snow....
this is what happens to man alive.....
when friends let friends.... drink and drive.
That was very popular back when I was in school. Who knows, maybe teenagers are still passing it along in notes today.
Posted by tami at October 18, 2007 9:22 AM
Comments
So cool. I'm so happy for you!
Posted by: Lori-Lyn at October 18, 2007 12:15 PM
How romantic that you're wearing his class ring again. Do you still feel the same as the first time you wore it?
Posted by: Elle at October 18, 2007 12:21 PM
I haven't thought about my class ring in years. We should all post our class rings in our blogs! What fun!
Posted by: Tammy at October 18, 2007 12:22 PM
How wonderful you can wear that ring again! I never got a class ring, nor did Howie. He had his wedding band sized down; since it was a plain gold band (the etching was long worn off), the jeweler just compressed the ring down in a machine. Nothing was cut out of it and it is now thicker than it used to be.
Posted by: gw at October 18, 2007 9:51 PM
I need a transllation please, what is a class ring?
Posted by: Miss L at October 20, 2007 5:53 PM
A person has the option of buying a class ring when they will be graduating from high school or college. It can be engraved with the name of school, have the graduation year, birth stone of the wearer, school colors, school mascot, and much more.
Actually, my daughter had the option of buying a class ring for middle school this year which I believe is completely insane! Middle school is only three years and it’s not the same achievement as high school.
Do you have this sort of ring in England?
Posted by: Tami at October 20, 2007 7:36 PM
Not when I was at school - prehistoric times of course, but my children didn't mention them either. I like the idea though - rings are good at any time!!
Posted by: Miss L at October 21, 2007 7:08 AM
i got my class ring too and i do love it very much!
Posted by: beth at October 29, 2008 6:41 PM