Majestic Ring Set

There aren’t really words to express how special this ring is to me. The ash stone represents 44 years of love (almost 41 of them married) cut too short by Covid last January. The nine stones around the round side are the birthstones of our nine children. The stones on the stacker are the birthstones of my children’s spouses-my “added” children. This ring represents my husband surrounded by his children-his “happy place”. It’s perfection. I will treasure it all my days. Thank you to all who made this possible. I know the creators of this jewelry have had many challenges in recent days. Know that your efforts, frustrations, tears, and sacrifices do not go unappreciated. You have made the world a more beautiful place with your talents. May you be blessed seven times over for blessing us.

My breastfeeding journey with my three children has had many ups and downs. I have never produced enough milk for any of my babies, despite trying everything to boost my supply. I made peace with supplementing with formula but continued to nurse each baby for as long as they wanted to continue, and am still nursing my youngest at 19 months. I have three living children and one angel baby, and I wanted a piece of jewelry to represent this stage of my life that I know is going to be ending soon. The Majestic Ring really stood out to me and I decided to line the stacker with all of my children’s birthstones. My own birthstone, March, is in the center with January, October, and February for my living children, and April for my angel. I absolutely love this physical representation of my breastfeeding journey and will always cherish it as a reminder of these special moments with my little ones.

We planned for our pregnancy. We were prepared for this. I wanted to have a baby shower, a baby moon, maternity photos, newborn photos, and help from family visiting, all that fun stuff when you have a baby. But the initial lockdowns in 2020 canceled all of it. The pandemic said no and canceled our plans. No visiting family. None of that fun stuff. I grieved the losses of those things during my second and third trimesters. Not to mention the concern about getting sick while carrying my son. My husband and I work full-time in essential businesses.
My son was born on Mother’s Day 2020. 5 weeks early. 7lb 6oz and the only child I was going to have.
He was beautiful. He spent 15 days in the NICU over an hour away from our home. It was a scary time on top of the pandemic. He wouldn’t latch due to the NICU stay and so I pumped and pumped and pumped.
10 months of exclusive pumping was enough to feed him for a year.
For Mother’s Day 2021 I decided to take that frustration, loss, scary experiences, and the struggles of pumping... and pool it into a keepsake. I wanted it to match my wedding band since these represent the two people closest to me. My husband, my left-hand man. My son, my right-hand man. C September/ sapphires are the stone for my husband. And ruby is mine, intertwined with the emeralds which is my baby’s. We were intertwined. I carried him.
It’s beautiful. It’s worth it. And it’s amazing to have it. Thank you again.