The little things are going to be the hardest

[jducoeur]

I just went to my Facebook page, and realized another little trauma that I'll have to deal with eventually. I've been putting off removing my wedding ring -- I'll have to eventually (maybe after the Memorial Service), but that's *hard*. And now I realize that someday I'm going to have to change my FB Relationship Status to "single". I'm honestly unsure which of those is going to be more difficult. There are dangers in being sensitive to symbolism, and both of these are powerful symbols -- one very classic, one very modern.

(I *am* still having a broadly good week. But the little notes of melancholy still lurk around the edges...)

Comments

[ilaine-dcmrn.livejournal.com]

Symbols are important, but the can be used to mean exactly what you want them to. Losing my wedding ring and running around without it didn't make me unmarried. Wearing yours for as long as you darn well feel like it (and no longer) is perfectly appropriate.

[eclecticmagpie.livejournal.com]

You stopped being married for a while?!? Dang! Why don't people *tell* me these things? Oh, yeah, right. Because it would be a bad idea.