A Ring

A Ring

Nine years ago to the day .... It wasn't just any ring.  It was the ring, a symbolic ring - a wedding band worn on the left hand closest to the heart.

He'd left it behind while he lived and worked away in Miami Beach.   I didn't know until he told me to, "Be sure and remember my ring."  I found it on his dresser and crumpled to the floor in tears.

I decided I would not accommodate, I would not assist, I would not rescue ... Instead, I would walk away without looking back.  I was free.