For any devoted spouse, losing an engagement ring can be one of the worst feelings in the world.
Not only do you feel sad that you’ve lost something of substantial monetary value, but you also feel as though you’ve betrayed your loving partner.
For Mary Grams, 84, of Alberta, Canada, losing her engagement ring while gardening on the Grams family farm in 2004 was one of the worst mistakes of her life. Grams searched for hours for the lost ring to no avail.
To try to save her husband’s affections, Grams quietly bought a smaller version of the ring she lost, which she continued to wear. Miraculously, Mr Grams never discovered the difference between the lost ring and its less impressive replacement.
Mary Grams lost the engagement ring in 2004 while pulling weeds and thought it was gone for good, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Grams told the CBC that she assumed the ring was gone forever, until one day her daughter-in-law was pulling weeds on the family’s property and spotted the oddest looking carrot. Pulling it out of the ground, the young woman was shocked to see her mother-in-law’s ring around the carrot, which had grown right through the piece of jewelry to give the appearance of a large finger sporting a ring.
But the next day, her she found out that diamonds are indeed forever when her granddaughter delivered it to her.
Grams was utterly delighted to be reunited with her old ring, which she immediately put back in its rightful place on her finger. In a somewhat bittersweet twist, Mr. Grams was never ultimately made aware that the ring his wife had worn for 14 years had been an imposter, as he passed away five years prior to this event.
Grams said her husband — who died five years ago after 60 years of marriage — would have had a good chuckle to see the old ring back.
“Anything I do outside, I’m going to take it off and it’s going to stay,” Grams said. “I should’ve put it in a safe place in the first place, but I didn’t.”
While little miracles like these do occur, it’s best to take caution with jewelry when working in a garden or on a farm. Remove any special rings before gardening and keep them safely indoors to prevent something like this from happening to you.
Source:
apost.com,nypost.com
