One Year Anniversary

This morning in church, as I was sitting down after the praise & worship, the guy in front of me put his arm around his wife's shoulder. No big deal, you're thinking, except for the fact that as he did so, I saw the huge, shining, beautiful Aggie ring on his right ring finger. My face immediately lit up. Ashley, sitting next to me, saw me staring at his ring and she was quick in making the connection (which I was quite impressed, seeing as she knows very little about Texas A&M). She leaned over and whispered to me that I should pound him, right then and there, with my Aggie ring. I withstood the temptation and decided to wait until after the service to say anything. I noticed the wife also had an Aggie ring on, which brought an insurmountable amount of joy to my morning. Aggie marriages, a gift from God.

"Do I see some Aggie rings?" I leaned over and said to them once the service was over.

Confused, but kindly, they respond "why yes you do."

"Well I'm Elisabeth Jones, Class of '07. So nice to meet you."

We stood there and talked for a bit. They were both Class of '89. The wife is from Bardstown, which is how they ended back up here in Kentucky. The husband is a pediatrician at UK, and I had actually seen his car parked at the hospital many times, proudly displaying the Association of Former Students bumper sticker. I didn't admit this to him, but I also love his other bumper sticker, "I used to be cool." But I should have, because I would have let him know that he still is cool. Wearing his Aggie ring every day, in a community that knows nothing about what it means and stands for, is cool in my book.

"I'll see you on the rounds! Good luck until then!", he says to me as we walk out of church.

God bless Aggie rings.


Picture: The day I got my Aggie ring. Exactly one year ago from today. Happy anniversary to me!