A child's reasoning...

"So does that mean Auntie K & Uncle G aren't married anymore?" asked my 7 year old niece yesterday. We were at the swim beach at the Lake Pueblo Reservoir where we had been playing in the water. G had been sick this past week, and with a sore throat and fever, had not been eating much. He lost ten pounds. (I'd love to lose ten pounds, but not that way- he was miserable!) Needless to say, the ten pounds made clothing (and other accessories) loser than normal, G had even cinched his belt tighter to keep his pants from hitting the ground! And with neither one of us thinking, we had jumped in the lake to swim and splash around with the nieces. Only later when I commented that my ring felt lose in the water did G get a horrific look on his face, as he pulled his left hand up out of the water, and sure enough... NO RING!!! :-( He is so upset! We looked all around the picnic site, and to no avail, drug our fingers through the sand and murky water where we had been standing (but there were about 200 people in and out of the water there). And Bug-a-boo was almost in tears helping us look- afraid we weren't married anymore because G had lost his ring. We got her calmed down and explained that the ring was just a symbol to let others know of our commitment. Luckily, we didn't spend a lot on G's ring, but it was still special to him, and he is upset about losing it. I love him and hope we can find another ring that he'll like. :-)