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When Richard proposed, he gave me a diamond solitaire. He said that we would reset the diamond in a setting that I chose. I had never thought about wedding rings and the diamond was more than I would have chosen for myself. It was beautiful. One day someone came up to my counter where I was working at the mall and caught me admiring it. I didn\u2019t see them there because I had hypnotized myself with the patterns of light reflecting from the facets of the diamond. When I looked up, startled, the customer just smiled and said something like, \u201cMy, what a pretty ring you have.\u201d My face probably became\u00a0ashen and then\u00a0crimson within seconds.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Richard and I shopped around at several jewelry stores to see what we wanted. I decided that I wanted a simple wedding band with small diamonds to go with the solitaire. The jeweler that Richard had used was in Salt Lake City, so after we decided what we liked, we needed to travel there to have the setting made.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n We left campus on a dreary January day as soon as our classes were over, around noon, to drive to Salt Lake City to make the final arrangements for our wedding rings. We were in Richard\u2019s small red Toyota hatchback. As we drove north, the weather grew worse. Wet, slushy snow was falling and we hit a patch of ice on the freeway. We slid, spinning, from the far right lanes, across the freeway, to land on the far left side, our car facing oncoming traffic. I don\u2019t know how we were so isolated that we didn\u2019t hit anyone and Richard was able to right the car before we were hit. This happened one more time on that trip, with nearly the same spin and the same miraculous result of no harm.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I was young and that feeling of invincibility hadn\u2019t worn off. I knew that we had been in a scary situation, but I didn\u2019t marvel enough at the time how we had been protected.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The day\u2019s adventure continued when we stepped into the jeweler\u2019s shop and selected the setting, a wedding band, and Richard\u2019s ring. The jeweler quickly set my diamond in the new setting while we waited. I had gathered almost all of my savings from the bank and carried it in cash to buy Richard\u2019s ring. When I handed the man the cash, he seemed uncomfortable to handle it and excused himself to try to find some change at the restaurant next door. I didn\u2019t have a credit card and his behavior made me feel foolish and immature, like a little girl who had broken her piggy bank full of pennies and nickels and dumped them on his counter. That wasn\u2019t far from the truth. It was my savings from my childhood. I learned that day that when you\u2019re buying fine jewelry, it\u2019s best to use a credit card.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Richard reassured me that it was okay. He was good at that. As we drove back to Provo, we didn\u2019t have any more trouble with ice. We were one step closer to being married and after my mortification over the cash was over, I could enjoy the new ring on my finger.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When Richard proposed, he gave me a diamond solitaire. He said that we would reset the diamond in a setting that I chose. I had never thought about wedding rings and the diamond was more than I would have chosen for myself. It was beautiful. 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