My Great Grandmother and I were very close. She was one of the best ladies I knew. She died 3 days before her 90th birthday (at our house, she lived with us her last year) and only a few weeks before my 10th birthday. I still dream of her often and miss her so much. I was her first great grand child and I (according to my mom and grandma, her daughter) act like her very much. We even look alike! She watched me around 5 days a week while my mom worked and when I was 2 years old they decided to put me in day care 2 days a week so I'd learn how to socialize with children. (I have no cousins and didn't have a little sister until I was 4.) I was groaning when I walked up steps and sighed everytime I sat down...Lol...just like her. Thus why they thought daycare would be good.
This week, my grandma gave me her engagement ring and wedding band. I could not be more happy. We went to the jewelers (Kay Jewerlers in Briarwood Mall in Ann Arbor, their manager Hassan is the nicest man you'll ever meet) and they are going to resize her wedding band so it fits me better but not to lose the engraving from my great grandpa to my great grandma on the inside of the band. I will wear her engagement ring on my right hand. I was a little nervous that maybe my great grandma would be upset if I used her rings but my mom said the most wonderful thing to me tonight to reassure me it is fine. And trust me-- the woman doesn't sugar coat things so I know she's telling the truth. She told me my great grandma, loved me more than life and she knows she is just beaming at the idea that I want them and I am going to use them. She also lived through the great depression and it still affected her until the day she died, so she knows she'd be thrilled that the rings aren't "just sitting in a drawer."
I am so excited I just had to tell someone. Girls that "get it" when it comes to our rings. Doug and I get married 10-19-12 and my great grandparents were married 11-29-23 so just a month or so short what would have been their 89th anniversary. She loved her husband more than anything and I know I feel the same way about my future husband. It is great to know I will have her with me everyday and that their love will keep on growing.