Fat Fingers

Something happened this week that made me laugh and burst out into tears. I spent the better half of my life wondering if I would ever be able to look down and see a wedding ring on my left hand. I had given up on the possibility....until I met Markus. August 19th of last year that mystery was solved and I finally had what most women crave for...an engagement ring!! Then a few months later I got the man of my dreams AND a wedding band to symbolize our union. I would stare at my hand in disbelief and I told myself it was NEVER coming off. I couldn't imagine why I would need to take it off?...unless it broke or something. Well, a few months after we got married I had to take it in to the jewelers because one of my little diamonds fell out of my wedding band. So, there went my vow. So after that happened, I said to myself again, "OK. That was it. I'm not taking it off again". Then I thought...well, unless I break my finger and it swells and they have to cut it off in the emergency room or my finger will go dead (this has happened to me before when I broke a finger. They literally had to cut my ring off.). So I thought...the odds of that happening twice in a lifetime is next to none. So I was relieved. Until this last week. Pregnancy has really been a wonderful experience, but being 7 months pregnant in this Texas heat has it's moments. So needless to say, I have swollen up like a big fat balloon. My poor feet and hands. I noticed the swelling in my hands, but it didn't hit me that my ring might cause a problem (once again, I was determined not to take the thing off!!). I am also having major arthritis in my hands due to the swelling and so my hands and arms are in a permanent state of numbness. This past week i woke up in the middle of the night with my usual pain and numbness, but my left ring finger felt dead...i looked down and it was starting to turn different colors than the rest of my hand. Uh oh! So, with much regret I had to go to the jewelers again and they had to CUT my WEDDING RING OFF!! So, I was laughing and crying. Laughing bc it was dad gum funny and crying bc well, seeing that beautiful ring be cut like that was just a sad moment. I hadn't even had it a year! But there is good news. I just assumed I would bring it in after the baby and have it fixed...but they are going to resize it up so I can wear it now and then I'll have to go in after I get my normal body back and size it back down. So at least I will be able to wear it and not look like an unwed mom-to-be!!!