The One with the Birthday Ring

As a kid I remember playing in the creek with my cousins by our grandparents' house. Through the years all sorts of little trinkets were found and crawdads were caught. Over twenty years ago I found a ruby ring with a missing stone in that creek. Even with the missing stone I wore that ring proudly as a kid and growing up always wanted to add that final ruby. 

A few weeks before my birthday this year my dad asked if he had permission to rummage through some of my stuff because he was working on a birthday surprise. The days that followed left me curious as he left no traces behind after his rummaging. My birthday weekend finally arrived and started with my dad eagerly gifting me the surprise. It came in a little red box and when I got it I immediately thought I had the surprise figured out. "I think it's my ruby ring!" Sure enough, there was my ruby ring with all of its rubies. And my, how it shined! 

That ruby ring was an incredible birthday surprise and is now even more of a treasure. Thanks Mom and Pop!