I've still been wearing my wedding band. A desire to hold on to the past or not wanting to answer questions if people notice it's missing? I'll let you mull that over because I'm not sure myself.
Well, sometimes life gives you a sign that it's time to let go. When I was taking off my glove at my daughter's softball game yesterday, my ring got snagged somehow. I pulled the glove off and my wedding band broke. WTF, that happens? I hadn't even noticed it was wearing down and getting close to the breaking point. (What an apt metaphor for my marriage, right?) I'm still wearing the ring and every time it spins a little off center on my finger, I can feel its rough edges.
Tonight I'm laying in the ER. Those stomach problems got the best of me and I had to finally give in to the pain. I had to take my children with me and unfortunately it is a wicked busy evening in the ER. Broken arms, congestive heart failure, banged up children, chronically ill looking people. A few sobbing, a few looking like they are one step away from Heaven's gates. Not a place that I want my children to see right now especially when mom is telling them that she's not feeling well. Fortunately my husband answered my text and he came and retrieved the kids and even ruffled my hair and asked if there was anything I needed. Since he was being nice, I refrained from answering 'an honorable husband '. Score one for an amicable divorce. Let the testing commence on my ailing gut.
I think it might be time to put the ring out of its misery, it's been through enough.
ReplyDeleteHusband at least showed up when you asked him to. It's not honor or respect, but it's something.
Hope you're okay. *cross fingers*
The ring has been removed.
DeleteI'm happy the universe intervened and removed the ring from your finger!
ReplyDeleteIt was a little hard to take it off even with it being broken. But it's gone now and I'm getting used to it.
DeleteWow! Poor ring... she had to just let go.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the husband at least had the decency to do the right thing and help you out. Perhaps he can keep it together for the kids and their devoted mother, at least.
Well, that's the only thing he's done so far but I haven't asked for anything else. Hard to ask anything of someone when I can barely stand to look at him.
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