From Sadness to Infinite Joy
In a moment of sadness and loneliness, I turned to the internet to find a pretty piece of jewelry. I found a beautiful diamond eternity band and I fell in love with it! I started wearing it on my right ring finger with a treasured sapphire and diamond ring I had. I wore the ring often and always loved looking at it. I bought the ring in a moment of sadness in hopes it would cheer me up. If anyone remarked on the ring and asked where it came from, I would reply “I bought it for myself, it’s my pity party ring”.
In January of 2022, I joined the dating app - Bumble. My very first Bumble date was with a man named Dave. We met at a restaurant in downtown Frederick, and I immediately knew from the start that we would always be friends. Dave had recently lost his wife and I had been widowed for 6 years. We had an immediate connection and were able to share each other’s stories of the loss of our spouses.
In August of 2023, Dave proposed. We were over the moon happy and excited to start planning our wedding as soon as possible. We quickly decided on the perfect venue and our wedding date was set for March 2, 2024. I’d look at my ring and wonder if I should have it remade into a wedding band or something else to wear daily. I decided I wanted to transform my ring into something I could wear on my wedding day – to turn something sad into something joyful. I knew right away that Stacey would come up with the perfect piece of wedding jewelry for me to wear on my wedding day. I met with Stacey and shared my “pity party ring” story and after talking we came up with the idea of using the diamonds in the ring to make a necklace. My wedding dress had a lace floral/vine pattern, and I knew that the vine necklace was going to be perfect. We added in the diamonds from my ring and transformed those diamonds into my celebration necklace.
I can’t thank Stacey enough for turning my “pity party ring” into something so special and so beautiful to wear on my wedding day. The necklace was perfect, and I wear it often as a reminder of our perfect wedding day and as a reminder that sadness can turn into infinite joy."