Day 74-Happy Ring Day!

Howdy!


          Exciting things happening in College Station today. What, might you ask is happening? Its ring day! If you're not already aware, receiving your Aggie ring is a pretty big deal. Which means that a lot of people make a pilgrimage to College Station, which means that traffic is utterly awful in College Station. More than usual. This is the first Ring day that I actually know people who are receiving their Aggie rings today, so congratulations to those who are getting their rings today! Ya'll have earned it!

Memory #74

          I have my own Aggie ring type of memory that I think is worth sharing and the occasion is just right, don't you think? When I was a junior or senior in high school I remember I had wanted to get my rings cleaned or something so I mentioned going to James Avery. My mom had also expressed interest in going to James Avery but for a completely different reason. Because of some thyroid issues and other things my mom wasn't able to wear her wedding ring or her Aggie ring. So she had started focusing on the idea of getting her rings re-sized so that she could wear them again. So when we went to James Avery my mom brought along her rings in hopes that she could expand them. When we got there things did not go according to plan. My mom was bummed when they explained to her that they wouldn't even attempt to touch the Aggie ring and there was not a whole lot they could do to the wedding ring. So I remember her sticking them in her purse as we walked out the door. I didn't see either of these rings again until a couple of years later.

          When my mom passed away, one of the things that we wanted to do was make sure that the important pieces of jewelry and what not was accounted for. The only things we realized were missing were none other than her Aggie ring and wedding ring. We looked everywhere. Any place that we thought would be a place that someone would keep jewelry. To no avail. Even after ransacking the house we couldn't find either of the rings. I was absolutely devastated. Then came a point where my dad got in this mindset that we needed to get rid of everything that we weren't using. So all of my mom's clothes that we hadn't found a home for (or didn't hold some kind of special memory) along with shoes, and purses and whatnot. So we had gotten a lot of things bagged up to go to goodwill. I was making a last round of walking by all of the bagged donations when it hit me. I reached into the garbage bag of all of my mom's purses and found the one I remember her having at James Avery. Reached into it and found both of the rings. I just about cried. 

       In less than an hour that bag would have been at goodwill and those rings would have been lost forever and we would have never known what had become of them. Which is beyond terrifying but I'm so eternally grateful that my mind chose to remember that one memory at the right time. Which is also another good reason to start remembering these type of memories! You never know what kind of things you forgot about. So anyways I can't wait for the day that I get to wear my mom's Aggie ring as my own. Thanks and Gig'em

Love Always,

Erin