With this ring I thee wed

The wedding ring has returned to its place.  Yesterday Mom slipped Dad's ring back on his finger.  It was a sharp contrast to the day Mom received the ring from a young orthopedic surgeon - handing it to her carefully in a plastic ziplock bag - who seemed to understand the significance of this ring which had not been off Dad's hand for nearly 60 years.

Several times during Dad's recovery he would ask about the ring - worrying that it had been cut off his finger.  But as Mom placed it back on - with the grooves worn only on one side - there was a look between the two that showed the love built with so many years together and perhaps a memory of that first day when she slipped it on.  Dad began to play with the ring like a new groom does.  It won't take him long to get use to it again.