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...)

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[russkay.livejournal.com]

After my wife died, I took her wedding ring home with me. In less than three days it disappeared (I suspect the garbage disposal in the sink) and never turned up again. Then, within a couple of days, my own wedding ring disappeared of (apparently) its own volition. These were relatively recent (at the time) 2nd generation wedding rings for us; the originals with which we were married no longer fitting either Harriet or myself. Those two original rings I still have ... and look at from time to time.