Heirloom Ring

As Zack and I began to look at engagment rings, I had a hard time finding a ring that I really loved, one that I felt was just me. He mentioned that his dad had a ring that had belonged to his grandmother who had passed. I was very intrigued and thought we should check it out. When I first saw the ring it was missing a couple stones, including the main stone and it was dirty and looked very old. Obviously, if you know anything about me you know that I fell in love with it. It was everything I'd ever wanted. Zack replaced the missing diamonds, and chose a yellow sapphire for the main stone. I think he must know me better than I know myself. When he proposed the ring took my breath away. It was more beautiful than I had ever imagined.

I visited with Zack's dad, Les, yesterday for a few hours and asked a million questions about the ring and who it belonged to. Let's just say I feel so honored and blessed to have this ring on my finger everyday. The rings were first worn by Les' grandmother who was married in 1921, exactly 90 years ago! His grandfather was an older man when it got married and Les said the rumor had it, the ring was given to him in 1890 as encouragement for him to settle down. It was 30 years later he gave it to his sweetheart. If the rumor is true, that would make my rings 121 years old! That is completely unreal to me!

He shared many stories with me about his ancestors. It was great to hear all the history behind the Dupaix name. I have been so blessed to become part of the tradition and look forward to continuing it!