{"id":1193,"date":"2007-11-25T22:41:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-25T22:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2007-11-25T22:41:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-25T22:41:00","slug":"of-hands-rings-and-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/11\/25\/of-hands-rings-and-love\/","title":{"rendered":"of hands, rings and love"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/2060791035\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2017\/2060791035_177e19573a.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/> <span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/2060791035\/\">berries in the hand<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/pilgrimgirl\/\">pilgrimgirl<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\"> These were the berries that I snacked on in the garden yesterday afternoon.  Yum!  Berries from the garden have a taste that is so different from store-bought!<\/p>\n<p>Today in Meeting I contemplated many things. Among the other thoughts that were swirling through my mind, I thought about my rings.  You can see my wedding band in this photo.  Inscribed around the band is the phrase <a href=\"http:\/\/pilgrimgirl.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/and-no-other_06.html\"><i>vous et nul autre<\/i><\/a>.  I wear my wedding and engagement rings unconsciously.  Rarely do I consider how they might shape others&#8217; perceptions of me.  They show that I am &#8216;taken.&#8217;  They are also evidence of my continued simplicity (no diamond, no fussiness).  John wears the exact same rings on his hand, in just a few sizes larger than mine.  This shows an equality between the two of us&#8211;a value that we&#8217;ve held since th first days of our relationship.<\/p>\n<p>While these rings are evidence of my relationship with John, I don&#8217;t feel any more tied to him because I wear this jewelry.  The gold bands are meaningless in and of themselves.   I don&#8217;t feel &#8216;bound&#8217; to them or to John because of them.  I could lose them tomorrow and our bond would continue on without any change or disruption.  <\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, like my rings that are always on my finger even without my even thinking about it (because I never take them off), my marriage is a kind of unconscious thing&#8211;just there.  Of late, though, it&#8217;s taken on a freshness.  I&#8217;m not sure why.  Each time I see John my heart just leaps.  I am so in love with him.  I have to fight the desire to be near him constantly&#8211;so we can both get our work done.<\/p>\n<p>Even with having being together for nearly every moment of the holiday weekend I&#8217;m already feeling sad that tomorrow morning we both have to go to work and it&#8217;ll be <i>hours<\/i> before we are in each others&#8217; arms again.  I know it sounds silly, even juvenile, to adore someone so much.  But I&#8217;m enjoying every minute of it&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>berries in the hand, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. These were the berries that I snacked on in the garden yesterday afternoon. Yum! Berries from the garden have a taste that is so different from store-bought! Today in Meeting I contemplated many things. 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