Graf #1 Hands


When I look at my hands I see two rings that define who I am. One ring signifies the girl who turned wife, who has worked for the love and respect of one man, and a girl who has grown into a woman because of that love.
The second ring signifies the wife and mother who has realized the meaning of love and family. This ring represents, a husband, and three individual children who will be with me through the good and the bad times.
On these hands are the symbols of love, but these hands have done so much more. From the caresses when showing my husband how much I love him to the clenching of fists when he has done something to piss me off.
These hands have nurtured three children from the time they were born, feeding bottles, changing diapers, cradling heads when the tears wouldn't stop, rubbing sore tummies, putting Band-Aids on boo-boos and giving a spank here and there when it was needed.
Yes, these rings on my hands are only metal and stones, but to me they are the symbols of myself. Lover and friend, nurse and teacher, nurturer and disciplinarian, and most significant of all, wife and mother.