Part Eight · 3 of 19

The Gum-Wrapper Ring

I found an old photo from fifteen years ago.

She had folded a ring out of a Doublemint gum wrapper and was wearing it on her finger.

I laughed. But deep down, I thought I’d buy her a real one someday.

Six years later, the day before Valentine’s Day, I took a minibus to New Jersey to buy her a real ring. (The sales tax was lower there.)