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Back in June of 2023 I asked for your advice on a colored stone to add to this ring.
On November 1, 2023 our oldest son passed away suddenly. As you may imagine and understand, a lot went by the wayside in our lives. The shock of losing him and the grief is a terrible thing. He loved jewelry, especially diamonds. He knew more about them than I did. Late last year I decided to have the ring made as a memorial to him. His birthstone, and mine, is sapphire. As a matter of fact, he was born the day after my 23rd birthday.
I took the ring and another ring with diamonds to my jeweler and went over a few details that wanted but I couldn’t say a lot about it. I just couldn’t. I did source the sapphire from James Allen and the main thing I requested from my jeweler was to “make it beautiful” ….just like our boy.
I picked up the ring on Saturday. It surpassed everything I asked for or thought I wanted. Every time I look at it I will think of our son. Maybe it’s more than a memorial ring, maybe it’s a ring to honor him because he’ll always be remembered. Thank you all for taking the time to read this update.

On November 1, 2023 our oldest son passed away suddenly. As you may imagine and understand, a lot went by the wayside in our lives. The shock of losing him and the grief is a terrible thing. He loved jewelry, especially diamonds. He knew more about them than I did. Late last year I decided to have the ring made as a memorial to him. His birthstone, and mine, is sapphire. As a matter of fact, he was born the day after my 23rd birthday.
I took the ring and another ring with diamonds to my jeweler and went over a few details that wanted but I couldn’t say a lot about it. I just couldn’t. I did source the sapphire from James Allen and the main thing I requested from my jeweler was to “make it beautiful” ….just like our boy.
I picked up the ring on Saturday. It surpassed everything I asked for or thought I wanted. Every time I look at it I will think of our son. Maybe it’s more than a memorial ring, maybe it’s a ring to honor him because he’ll always be remembered. Thank you all for taking the time to read this update.

