Wedding Ring
4205raymond
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Did not want to hi-jack Ambrose's story.
Years ago when Diane and I were young lovers, I stopped to help a fella that was stuck in the snow at Washington Gate at West Point. All of a sudden I got drowned in wet mushy snow as the right rear wheel covered me. My hands turned blue (no gloves) and I shook my right hand real hard. My wedding ring went flying towards the woods.
I looked forever and finally gave up. For months I stopped once in awhile to search for it and finally gave up but called the 57th MP's at West Point and reported it to lost/found.
About two years later the Desk Sargent at 57th called me and said a cadet on cross country team found a ring near Washington Gate. I went down and he had me describe the ring in detail which I did. Even the big gouge in the side from a lathe chuck (what a idiot I was) and some letters etched inside, He laughed and handed me the ring and said "Looks like you are still hitched" and gave me the Cadets name and company.
I called the Cadet and went to see him to thank him and offer him a reward for turning the ring in. He refused to accept anything after multiple tries. There are really many who believe in "Duty, Honor, Country. ———————————-Ray
PS: I have a Trust now and my daughter will get Diane's diamond and my son will get this wedding ring.
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Once many years ago when we lived in Ft. Lauderdale my dad went deer hunting with my uncle in the everglades on his swamp buggy, they scored a buck and after gutting it, my dad took off his wedding ring and set it on a stump while he washed the blood from his hands. He forgot to get it when they left the swamp and didn't remember if untill later that night at home (about 40 miles from the swamp), well, Dad and my uncle got back it the truck and went back into the swamp (at night) back tracked and found his wedding ring sitting on the stump where he left it miles into the everglades .
It was a very long night for them, my dad said that he would rather face the everglades at night than my mom after losing the ring.