Looks Can Be Deceiving

There it lay

in the bottom of a bin.

Moved several times with us and 

never actually unpacked.

A jewelry box.

On the lid of the box the contents

were spelled out very clearly.

It was a three carrot ring.

How exciting!

Warren's Grandfather had been a 

jeweler so this must have been one of his

pieces.  Passed down through the family.

And then we opened the box.

It was exactly what the box declared it to be.

But not what the expectations led one to 

believe.......

Now, truth be told the kids

knew the story of 

this ring.

According to Jonathan

Grandpa Gene gave this ring

to Grandma Georgia

because he couldn't afford the real

three carrot deal.
I don't know if this happened
before or after they were married.
I'm taking it as before...
but I do know that at some point
Georgia ended up with a diamond.
How many carrots
I'm not sure.

But, this ring is sweet!

We returned it to Georgia 

last evening.

She got quite the chuckle out of 

seeing it again.

This week we will venture up to 

the mountains to the cabin that holds

so many memories.

We are excited that some blog friends 

from Michigan will meet us there.

We will play games and laugh,

probably get ice cream.

And we will treasure memories

from the past that include 

our Dads.

They enjoyed the times in the 

mountains.

One who loved to golf and sing....

and one who would give 

his bride-to-be a 

Three Carrot Ring.

I'm not sure when I'll get 

to post again.....

Internet is spotty up there.

But, know that I'll be thinking of you

and missing the visits to your special

places here on the "net".