Love Thursday: February 7th, 2008

While I certain can appreciate a well-put together outfit and I admire women who have an innate sense of style, I have to admit that I'm personally too lazy to cultivate much fashion or style in my life.  I mean, I'm not a slob or anything:  for example, I do try to wear at least a little lipstick when I go out in public; however, I wear my hair the same way every day, I keep my nails short because I really couldn't be bothered with a manicure, and not a day goes by when I don't thank God my eyebrows are relatively thin, because there's no way in hell I'm spending precious moments plucking them.    

But really, I'm not a slob.  Ahem.

Anyway, my laziness extends to my jewelry choices as well -- I don't wear earrings, and I tend to wear the same necklace for months on end.  I love my wedding rings not just because I think they're pretty, but also because I don't have to think about what to wear on my left hand every day.  The thing is, though, I  do like rings, and my right hand feels naked without them; however, toward the end of last year I realized I'd amassed a large enough assortment of rings that I spent far too much time each day (in my opinion) being overwhelmed by the choices.  So when Marcus asked me what I wanted for Christmas, my answer was quick:

 "Well," I said, "I think I'd like a ring for my right hand.  I don't want anything fancy or expensive, but I think that if you gave it to me for Christmas, it would me a lot to me, and I wouldn't want to take it off."

Marcus smiled.  "Okay.  But you pick it out.  That way you'll get something you like."

So I did.  It was a sweet little ring, a wide silver band, very simple.  Marcus ordered it, and come Christmas morning, I opened it gratefully.

But then I noticed another box.  "That's the second one I ordered," Marcus said.

The second one, it turned out, is the ring you see above -- a thin silver band with the words "I love you forever" engraved on one side.  It's a ring Marcus picked out without my input, and it fits perfectly against the band I chose.   I wear them together, keeping the words hidden between the bands.  The set means more to me than I can express.  I never take them off.

 Happy Love Thursday, everyone.  Please leave your links to your images of love in the comments, below (for inspiration:  the beautiful images left by HipMomma, freakparade and beebee mod in the Shutter Sisters Flickr pool). 

And may you reflect on those symbols of the love in your life today.

(Update:  Because some of you have asked, you can find the ring in the Sundance Jewelry catalog.  That particular ring  -- showing what's on the other side -- can be found here.)

Comments

[Ursula]

Happy Love Thursday before the Ultimate Love Thursday! Here is my contribution today...explanation in post.

http://fabulousflyingzamoras.blogspot.com/2008/02/shot-through-heart-and-you-to-blame.html

[Paige]

Here is a fun one I took this summer of my sister-in-law and nephew. You can tell they are loving each other and loving life.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkphoto/2217369147/in/set-72157601904708048/

[simply]

http://bp1.blogger.com/_A1Xbjk4uEks/R6dP3OUMtuI/AAAAAAAACQw/zHtSrh884I0/s1600-h/heart.jpg

For Daddy...

~simply~

[Tonya Dreher]

Lovin' Love Thursday!! Check lout my blog to see my submission of the special love between a mother and son....you moms of boys know what I'm talking about!!

http://wonderblinkblog.wordpress.com/

[anita]

Great story...great ring...great photo!

I love statues, the fact that these amazing creations come out of blocks of stone, clay, ice, whatever. This one is from one of my favorite sculptors.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thrivestyle/1145864343/in/set-72157601512865451/

[Shannon]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/soulsparklespirit/2248126299/

[Karen]

Laurie (and others):

The ring came from the Sundance Jewelry catalog, and actually has garnets on the other side. You can find it here:

http://www.sundancecatalog.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=133&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=4&iSubCat=25&iProductID=133

Beautiful photographs, all. Happy Love Thursday!

K.

[danielle]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23196640@N03/2248991680/in/photostream/

i love her.

[Kate C.]

Beautiful ancedote!
My shot has a Christmas morning origin as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katherinec/2216812812/

Nothing says "I love you" like sharing food. ;)

[Brené]

beautiful post - thank you.

in our house today, love is a running nose and a missing tooth

http://ordinarycourage.squarespace.com/

[karla k]

I love Love Thursday. Thanks for the inspiration, Karen. The ring is beautiful and so is the story.

Here's my contribution:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karlasfotos/2246687662/

It's not the best photo, but love-ing nonetheless.

[Delia]

This was a beautiful story...I'm sharing the love today here:

http://cdeliascarpitti.blogspot.com/2008/02/love-thursday-you-will-find-as-you-look.html

[Angella]

What a beautiful ring! And the meaning behind it...

Here is one I caught the other day of my son and daughter. They really do love each other.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ourcrazylife/2232682559/

[Karen G]

That's a great story and a beautiful ring.

I love the flowers in our garden. I've missed them in winter. Some of the anthers of this flower look like hearts to me.
http://flickr.com/photos/23132596@N07/2247764419/

[Catizhere]

I think I love Marcus.

[Bethany]

http://radiantimagination.blogspot.com/2008/02/love-thursday.html

[Terri]

What a wonderful ring!

Here's mine: All 5 of my kids in one picture! Had to put my mommy foot down to make that happen, but it was so worth it in the end.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mondaysmemories/2249162292/

[suz]

the love i feel being a wife and mother -- seemed to find me in this little leaf which was along our walk home from a lovely afternoon lunch by the sea.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78865561@N00/2246421733/

[Sarah M]

This was our nasty kitchen color before we painted it a seafoam green (lovely, by the way). My husband 'painted' this for me.

http://bp3.blogger.com/_49zfo5_fTD4/Rk5WWZwmW2I/AAAAAAAAAGg/AagPsXDE5vM/s1600-h/DSCN0503.JPG

[Christine]

Karen, as usual the photo is stunning. And I love the story.

Here is my Love Thursday contribution: http://www.thebeanblog.com/2008/02/07/love-thursday-february-7-2008/

[jenijen]

um - karen -- you are the very essence of style. no arguing.

here's my love thursday
http://notcalmdotcom.typepad.com/snap/2008/02/love-thursday-p.html
thanks again for bringing it back
xoxoxo

[Shalet]

No story to tell - just my contribution. ;o)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40721320@N00/2249253464/

[Aileen]

I took some inspiration from your photo.

My photo shows how I carry a part of my children with me wherever I go (and no, it's nothing creepy like a vial of blood or anything). :)

http://makemineaquad.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/theyre-always-with-me/

[Cassie]

My post is also a bit weepy. Or maybe, I'm just a bit weepy. 19 years after coming into my life as a bundle of wiggles and purrs, my cat from childhood is reaching her time. My post and picture are an ode to her, if you will.

http://cassafrass.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/love-thursday-feb-7/

[Heather]

http://fivesweetpeas.blogspot.com/2008/02/love-thursday-febuary-7th-2008.html

beautiful ring!

[Mary]

Here's my Love thursday

http://mischiefmanaged-ornot.blogspot.com/2008/02/love-thursday-boss-of-me.html#links

[Mandy]

That's really beautiful, and special that he picked it for you on his own. I don't wear much jewelery either, but we picked up some simple silver bands when we went to Cabo for our 10th anniversary in October, and that is all I wear now.
A bit late in the day, but here's my girls with some Valentine's wishes for Love Thursday:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandaroo/2249552232/

[Nancy R]

He really wants to be our cat.

http://worldwiderolves.blogspot.com/2008/02/feline-devotion.html

[Melissa Anne Morelli]

To me, this picture encompasses the impending, the unspoken and the eternal love of a future mother.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23520407@N06/2248871635/

All you need it love...

[Sara Moon]

I love eyelashes!
http://saramoonphotoblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/love-thursday-2.html

[TD wool design]

diamond loves us.

[vivienne]

I love Love Thursday. I've been looking forward to it since the week began! Here is my offering for this week, a sweet impromptu wedding moment on the oregon coast.

http://ladyvivienne.blogspot.com/2008/02/love-thursday-written-in-sand.html

I can't wait to look through everyone else's pics!

[Kristin]

I love Love Thursday!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22621057@N04/2249807020/

[Dana]

Precious post...thanks for building this sisterhood of love every week!

Here's my love:

http://ijustlovebeingme.blogspot.com/2008/02/gearing-up.html

[summer]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sufferingsummer/2249252601/

I never knew I could know such love in grief.

[Corrine]

It's been a while since I've been in on the fun! Here's mine.. from a designer's view ;)

http://francellasboutiquedesigns.com/wordpress/

[cherryfizzy]

another sweet gift:
my 7 year old niece made a book of colors for my one year old daughter: a small token of her love.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cherryfizzy/2249243347/

[laurie]

This is not one of my technically better shots by any means (hello wine pairing dinner!), but it's my new favorite of my parents. They will be married 38 years this year, and this was taken just this New Year's Eve. They're silly. ; ) They're also very lovely, hardworking people who take care of a lot of people and still seem to manage to be very, very good friends.

This is what I think of love today.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubyshoes/2180195298/in/set-72157603674658445/

[poetryman69]

love and luck on a winter's day.

moon over Orlando:

http://moon.poetryman6969.com/

[Tangerine Dreams]

That reminds me of our wedding ring incident. We had inscriptions done with "secret" messages to be revealed after we receive our rings from each other. Mine was suppose to read "I will nurture your inner child" but the typo reads "I will nuture your inner child" ~ ouch!

[O]

ohmygoodness, how I love that Sundance Catalog!!! and you have that awesome ring. You're a lucky gal!

[krystyn]

That is soooooo sweet. I'm a puddle of goo.

I went browsing through that Sundance link you shared and this struck me as particularly funny:
http://tinyurl.com/tzpgw

Dude, it's the Vote For Pedro ring, is it not?

[Shannon]

Can I ask where you guys found that ring? I love it!

[Angie]

Aww that's such a sweet story. I really like the ring too. :)

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