I FOUND MY WEDDING RINGS!!!!!
[You can read the whole story over at The Mom Street Journal.]
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- My first novel started with a mole. Yes, a MOLE - a freckle, a birthmark, whatever you want to call it.
- I was at the pool with my daughter getting ignored by our swim instructor when a lifeguard with a particularly ripped abdomen walked by. He stopped to flirt with one of the female lifeguards and my eyes flew directly to an adorable mole on the top can of his six-pack.
- "How cute!" I thought (among other things). "He looks like a character in a romance novel!"
- So I went home and started writing fiction for the first time. That was over a year ago and I still haven't been able to stop. GRAVY is the story of a suburban housewife who wants another baby, but gets a man with a mole instead.
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- I was married for 12 years. Now I'm divorced.
- Living alone took some adjustment.
- I changed my name. To my porn name.
- We have a week on/week off custody arrangement.
- I really LOVED being single while it lasted.
- Then I met a delicious bald bastard named Joel.
- We survived our first post-divorce Christmas.
- Being a mom hasn't gotten any easier for me.
- I made a New Year's Resolution to figure out spirituality.
- I wrote some naughty poetry.
- I went BLOND!
- I introduced my boyfriend to my kids.
- I woke up and quit my job.
- I fell ass-over-teakettle in LOVE.
- I wrote a book!
- I learned to embrace poverty.
- We all moved in together. Officially.
- Once upon a time, I was in an abusive marriage.
- But Joel isn't like that. He's a keeper.
- For a little while there, I was afraid for my life.
- Because I had a very, VERY scary stalker.
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February 13, 2008
Interrupting this booze fest with an important message
Posted by Amanda P. Westmont on February 13, 2008 | Permalink
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Congrats! I'm so happy for you! I was hoping they would turn up eventually in your unpacking, and I'm so glad that they did. Have a fantastic Valentine's Day!
Jennifer
Posted by: Jennifer | February 13, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Ok, I'm like ridiculously happy for you!
how wonderful!
Posted by: Ceece | February 13, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Yessssss!
I'm so happy for you!
Posted by: Sarah | February 13, 2008 at 01:08 PM
OH Amanda! I am so pleased for you, i have even shed a tear! Funny how these things make me so emotional because 1) I don't know you! and 2) I'm sitting at a computer half a world away... but anyway I am so pleased. I have worked for many years at a jewelery shop and my favorite day is when I help a couple find 'The Ring'. I bet dave is happy you found yours! Happy valentines day.
Posted by: Kerri | February 13, 2008 at 08:03 PM
Hooray! I read the full story and I know what you mean--it's not the monetary value that's really the most distressing (unless, I guess, you're dropping 5 digits or more) but the memories and the fact that nothing can really replace them ever. My rings aren't worth a ton but I love them dearly. Oh, and even after Pea was born I couldn't wear my rings for a while and cashiers at the grocery store used to look at my naked fingers and pointedly say all kinds of inappropriate things like, "you take REALLY good care of that baby, you hear? Babies are a lot of WORK you know"--like all single moms are deadbeats and users.
Posted by: Annagrace | February 13, 2008 at 09:36 PM
Oh, how fabulous! And a truly magical Valentine's Day surprise.
This gives me hope that a pretty pricey ring I dropped in our car (yes, IN THE CAR) a few years ago might still turn up. You've given me hope. Horrah!
Posted by: Must be Motherhood | February 14, 2008 at 06:42 AM
Get those puppies resized asap!
Posted by: megan | February 14, 2008 at 09:13 AM
Yay!! Congrats! So happy you found them!
Posted by: Erin | February 14, 2008 at 01:44 PM
Aww yay. I'm so glad you found your rings, and they are beautiful.
Posted by: Steph | February 15, 2008 at 02:22 AM