Something that I carry with me/ wear daily is a ring that my mother gave to be about 8 years ago. It is a white gold band with a pink sapphire heart. She gave it to me for Christmas, and I tried it on immediately, and have never taken it off since. Funny thing is, I have always hated pink. I was never a girly girl and pink just was not my color of choice. She knew that and some how still ended up getting me this ring, but when I opened it, that did not matter to me. I loved it, I never said anything about how much I hate pink, because we all knew, but it was from her. To her it may have been her just getting me a really nice piece of jewelry. But to me, it meant more, it is something that I can always have with me and have ever since. Especially now that I have moved over 700 miles away from home, and I cannot see her everyday it means even more, because when I look down the ring is always there. It symbolizes to me the comfort of my mother, the love that I have for her, and her for me. My parents are my best friends, I miss them everyday but to have something like this holds such a sentimental value that nothing could ever replace it, I hope I never lose this damn thing. It has been on my finger through a lot of life experiences and it means the absolute world to me.
I actually found this assignment more interesting as I researched then I thought I would, no seriously. Karen van der Zee has lived a very exciting life, full of traveling. Traveling to places I can only dream of, like Amsterdam, Kenya, and Ghana are just a few. Along the way of these adventures she met her husband, in Amsterdam and married him in Rome, he was also what she referred to as a "globe trotting american". From reading her blog information about her life here , she sounds like such a free spirited person, eventually having three children of her own. She writes heavily in the romance style, which is what I would consider her "A Secret Sorrow" to be, I do believe that her own romance is portrayed through this story, because she made the love Kai and Faye had so strong that they were able to have each other, and love each other enough, to not let the fact that Faye cannot bear a child get in the way of their relationship. I do not know if it is a coincidence...
This is sweet that you can use the ring as a reminder when you're not physically with your mom!
ReplyDeleteits crazy how something so simple can remind you of someone and that they care about you even when he or she is not around!
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