I have more than just one treasured item...I have a lot of treasured items...I'll limit it to 4 :)
This big monkey is Doug, the mouse is Mousey, and there are 2 rings on the monkey's foot. Monkeys are my favorite animal...I don't know why, they just always have been. Well, I got this monkey Christmas 2002, which is the year that my mom's boyfriend (Doug) died. He always called me the Little Yardape (just a made up term from him). If you don't know the whole story behind how I knew Doug and what he meant to me then you're probably super confused as to why this monkey means so much to me...just go with it.
Mousey. This poor guy is over 18 years old, and falling apart. He's like my baby blanket. I never had a blanket, I've always had Mousey. Yes, I do still sleep with him. I actually can't fall asleep unless I'm holding onto him...not gonna lie. Zach asked me one weekend at his house what I'm going to do when I get married one day...I just looked at him and said, "He'll probably come with me." Go ahead, judge me, it's okay :)
These are the 2 rings that I wear ALL the time. The heart ring is actually from Texas - I got it when we went on our mission trip Spring Break 2010. I think of it as a purity/reminder ring. I wanted a purity ring, couldn't ever find what I was picturing, and then I saw this and I was like, "Oh my gosh...I need it." (and it was only $20!). But I wear it because it serves as a reminder to me of God's love for me as well. Texas was my first mission trip, my first realization of God's love for us. So, I guess there's a lot to this ring - reminder of the purity I believe we are all called to, reminder of God's love for us, and a reminder to serve and love others.
The other ring there is one that I got this past spring, and it says "Everything is possible when you have faith." Since I'm about to begin a whole new adventure in my life, it's taking a LOT of faith and trust in God to get there and know that everything will work out however He wants it to. This ring/saying got me through the summer - while I was 2 hours away from Zach and only able to see him every 3 weeks, after seeing him nearly every day all last semester. I was TERRIFIED of the whole distance relationship thing, and I did not like it at all (who in their right mind does?!). I wore this ring every day and when I would look at it I would just remember that God is going to get us through it, He's having us separate for a season for a reason, and He's walking with us through it all. That is true in all of our walks of life, whether it's a relationship, school, career, anything. It's crazy how I have gotten so used to wearing these rings. I don't feel like the same person without them, almost like a part of me is missing!
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