One Step Forward

I took another step forward tonight, ladies and gents.

These last four months have been a process of becoming a better, not bitter, person.  Yea, this post may sound a bit materialistic, but unless you've been married yourself, you would understand where I am coming from.

I bought a new ring for myself tonight.  Yes, I'm wearing it on my left ring finger.  Ever since I threw my ring at my ex, (not my finest moment,) my finger has been naked ever since.  Yea, I wasn't married a long time, but having a wedding ring was something meaningful to me.  It mean I belonged to someone.  It symbolized a union with someone that I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with.

Obviously, we see how that worked out.

I bought myself a new pearl ring.

Pearls are so beautiful.  Pearls take a long time to make.  Not all pearls are all perfectly round, like the one in my ring.  It makes it more valuable.  Well, that's why I now wear this pearl ring on my wedding finger: I am valuable and rare, just like a perfectly round pearl, and that my pearl of a future relationship takes time, just like the making of a pearl.  This ring, above all, is a reminder that the perfect things, the rare things, take time.

Looking forward and up.