mrrrrr

[taennyn]

My left hands feels naked. I know exactly why it does, too, but that doesn't help much.

I've had that blasted ring since I was twelve. Read the Koran and both Old and New Testaments for it (my father is a sneaky, sneaky man). It's been worn pretty much constantly since then. Center finger left hand, shifted if my fingers are heat-swollen or cold-thinned to ring finger or to thumb.

I'm not exactly kind to either my jewelry or my hands. So the ring is a bit battered, the shank thinned with age (it's only been repaired eight times . .) and the star garnet stone starting to get a bit chipped and scruffed up. So my father offered to try to find another stone for it. Turns out there's a gemcutter out in Idaho who works a lot with star garnets.

But it works best, when one is making a replacement stone, to have the setting it will need to go in.

So my ring was handed over to my father yesterday, put into a jeans pocket, and is probably currently on its way to Idaho.

And my hand feels naked.

Comments

[larathia.livejournal.com]

I get that way about my wedding band. Habitually touch it as I walk, thumb to ring finger, and I get nervy if it's not there.

[taennyn]

This thing's big enough that if I move my fingers when I'm walking, it touches the ring and index fingers, close to the top side. Covers the top of the center finger entirely between first and second knuckle. Is mrrrry that it's not there.

[larathia.livejournal.com]

*nod* I've lost a lot of good rings to wear and tear. Hence why my wedding band is platinum, I didn't want it to wear out.

[taennyn]

Heh. Dragon-ring's just silver and stone.

[larathia.livejournal.com]

Ah, yeah. Most of my rings that have broken were silver. My stone-of-choice is amethyst - chips like blazes, it does.

[taennyn]

*amused* We both wear our birthstones.

[larathia.livejournal.com]

Why not? it's good luck.

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

I still remember my grandmother's wedding band, which I inhereted after she died and wore constantly on my off hand.

Suddenly, I woke up one day and literally could not bear to have anything on my hands/wrists. Lost the ring and watches, all in one day. >_>

I hope it comes home soon!