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Mimetalker
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On this blog: All words (other than identified quotations) © Sharon Nesbit-Davis, 2009-12, All rights reserved. *********************************** I am a blog writer at two sites: Rockford Register Star: Arts4All AND The Red Tent: The Movie ********************************** You can find me on Facebook: "The Mime Writes" Logo Design by Dianaani ********************************** I work as the Education & Community Engagement Director of a Regional Arts Council which means I beg "the deciders" to fund and support the arts for everyone, not just the rich. *********************************** I am also a mime. For those that hate mimes, I understand. But you'll never find me annoying people on the street, unless I'm living there. I'm a "concert mime" ...which means you have to buy a ticket. *********************************** I've been married to my one and only since 1976. Still happy. Still in love. Two kids, six grandkids. In college I became a Baha'i (a world religion whose main theme is unity). It keeps me relatively sane in a world gone mad.

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AUGUST 24, 2010 2:34AM

Slivers of Gold...wedding ring stories (revised)

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Today is the anniversary of my mother's passing (2008) and the first year anniversary for OS. It was needing to write about my mother's death that brought me here and it was my first post: "The Passing". This one was written a few months later. I changed it. I always change them.

OS has been a great place to try writing again. Thanks for the encouragement and support this year. Looking forward to year 2.
Thank you for finding OS. I love your writing. You have fed my hungry soul more often than you know. (r)
Another beautiful story from your archives, mime. And yes. Another msp. I am floored by the depth of this story!
I love this story, Sharon, your musings about the mystery woman, your reluctance to take the ring.
Oh, and happy anniversary, and thanks for sharing your writing here, which just keeps getting better and better.
Delighted you're here. r.
Thank you for your comments. I have a very full day and not able to peek at work anymore...a virus hit my computer three times last week and the computer geek traced it back to OS. "Someone" is trying to tell me something.

Blessings...
Sharon, I so get this. I started writing on OS after my mother's death last year. Thank you for your encouraging words to others and me.
r~

PS My computer gave me a "Trojan Warning" twice yesterday while on OS site; with the verbal "Unsafe Site" warning... It seems someone has sent a virus in the midst.
Nice tribute.... more fleshed out.

Ironically, I'm now able to peek and post occasional comments from my work computer (until a week ago, that wasn't possible)
You've had a productive year here Sharon, and it's so fitting to mark the two anniversary dates with this post. Sorry about the ring, I do believe in the 3 Warnings. Very much so.
lovely post, thank you.
good story telling in every kind of way, from the girlish fantasy to the wisdom you now have. you are inspiring to me, mime, always.
Very beautiful story. My mother passed away a month ago, so it hits close to home. Thanks for sharing.
this made me happy and sad all at once. as i type, i'm wearing the ring that my mom died wearing. i wish you had your mother's ring too. you told this so nicely....r
Just beautiful. Just beautiful. Wonderful tribute, and excellent way to open your second year on OS.
This is a beautiful, poignant, and nearly perfect telling of such a sad day. This should be published, really.

Thank you for your memories. You are a very good writer. I feel you.
There is so much here. I am definitely going to have to take in your beautiful words more than once....thank you.
This is achingly beautiful.
Happy Blogaversary, Mime. This is a truly special post. Your childish daydream about "the cheater woman" reminds me much of the kind of story I would conjure up. I'm glad your mom got her guy.
Lezlie
Absolutely lovely...and harrowing. Such loss, and yet such a productive year for you. Thanks for sharing, and for the heads up on a virus. (Do the PTB's know?)
This is a beautiful piece of writing. I'm sorry about your parents and about your regrets. But the important thing, I think, is to remember your parents and share their stories, just as you did here. This brought me to tears. Rated.
Gorgeous writing and true to form. What a touching way of conveying this experience with us.
Rated +++
deeply moving. a story to really think about. thanks for sharing.
A marvelously moving piece from beginning to end. I like the "cool" and measured way in which the story unfolds. Happy anniversary, mimetalker. Don't ever leave.
My wife asked her grandmother if she could have her old wedding ring when we got married. Her grandmother was surprised by the request, as it was a slim and simple band, but even though her grandfather had died when my wife was young, the relationship her grandparents had is the model for the kind of marriage she wants to share with me. I would say it seems extraordinary when a wedding ring gets imbued with so much symbolic feeling, but really, isn't that how it should be?

Great story, thank you so much for sharing!
This was a beautiful and touching remembrance. Your imagination, your love has shown through. R
today is also the anniversary of my grandmother's burial. enjoyed your sharing. such beautiful tenderness capsuled here.
Wonderfully told, as your stories always are, and since today is your anniversary, I'm going to have a drink tonight to honor your grand presence.
Loved this. It's difficult to say if you made the wrong decision -- I think I would have done what you did. I'd want my mom to have the ring, and for me to have the memory. Small rings get lost....better for it to be on her finger. Just don't lose the story.

When we were cleaning out my Nannie's house after her death, I found a ring made from a nail - it was her first wedding ring from my grandfather. Eventually, he bought her another (very modest) band, but I love the thought of him fashioning that ring for her, laboring over it.
"It is dangerous to not answer the questions of a curious child."
I loved this paragraph, and especially this line. Your writing style is lovely--understated, yet still very much getting your point across. I look forward to reading more from. Rated, with hugs.
I'm already a fan of yours but this was spellbinding.
What a beautiful, haunting story. It will stay with me for a very long time. Thank you for sharing it. -R-
another wonderful "round" read...I have learned to listen after the second time something appears/reappears as well. Fabulous writing and elegant moving storytelling, my sweet friend! How I love reading you! rrr!
Lovely essay. I loved going through my mom's jewelry box and asking her to tell the story behind each piece.
" I think about the sliver of gold resting on an unrecognizable form that can not tell its story or remember how it was cherished." This is so sad.. RR
I do wish to thank you all for the comments and encouragement. It has been a lovely year that I never anticipated when I came here a year ago.

Blessings all...
"Someone." Gorgeous. Important. I understand. At least a bit.
why is it that ever since I bought a MAC and got off the pc spyware and virus train I've encountered zero non self-induced computer 'glitches'?
Beautiful writing. You're amazingly talented. I just love your writing and how you tell such personal stories so engagingly. Thanks so much for sharing this. That must have been such a difficult time. Glad you found an outlet here.

Rated
Exquisite. I am going to start to pay attention to "signs" now. Happy blg anniversary. You are one of my most favorite favorites.
A vivid tribute. And the ring lives in your mind's eye - and ours.