Dearest Emma, Poppa and Diva have been married for 38 years. When we got married we exchanged rings. I gave Poppa his ring and engraved inside of it it says JKW to CTB 7-14-73 .
Those were my initials and Poppa's initials and the date we got married.
I never take off my rings. The only time I didn't wear them was when I was pregnant with your momma and my fingers were too swollen to fit.
I took my rings off while I could still get them off.
Poppa however has had to have his ring cut off, two times now. The first time he was in Haiti and his finger got a cut and began to swell because of infection. He cut it off so he would still have circulation in his finger.
Last week Poppa cut off his ring again. This time because his knuckles have swollen from arthritis and started cutting off his circulation again. Poppa had the jeweler enlarge his ring two sizes to a size thirteen.
The engraving is gone from inside his ring now and I can wear his ring on my thumb (but it keeps sliding off).
Poppa has big hands. My hands are very small compared to Poppa's. Poppa always has nice warm hands especially when I'm cold. I like to hold Poppa's hand. I always feel safe holding Poppa's big hand.
I hope you will always feel safe holding on to Poppa's hand too.
Love and Kisses XOXO
