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saw my sisters
we kept the original diamond
put it into a necklace
well, as I was saying
well, we had all these romantic plans
and then I got a phone call
I arranged the flight
the ring looks really pretty
but my sister said that it’s uncanny
well, I’ve got my ring
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Death and a Diamond Ring
08/31/06
when we were shopping
for a larger diamond
to replace the original stone
in my engagement ring
my husband’s great great
grandmother’s diamond
in her wedding ring
it’s really quite pretty
we bought a new larger diamond
for my engagement ring
and my husband was saying
he’d get re-
engaged to me
on the seventh
eight months before our wedding anniversary
from my father
saying to come to visit quickly
because mom doesn’t have much time left
and my husband pushed forward
his plans to ask my hand in marriage again
“do you remember the big diamond ring mom has,”
she said
yes, I do
“dad got that for mom for their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary”
I didn’t realize that
“and her mom died
right around then”
she told me that her mother’s funeral
was on their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary
and she said it’s strange
that I’m getting a larger diamond
and mom is fighting for her life right now
and my mother just died
and isn’t it ironic
how history can repeat itself
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