buttercup

I actually bought the jade ring to replace a ring I lost when I was thirteen or so. My mom gave me this turquoise ring that she didn't want anymore (or it didn't fit—I'm not sure). My family doesn't have a lot of heirloom-type stuff, so I decided this ring would be an heirloom, and I'd pass it down to my daughter or niece or whomever; I told Mom that and she thought it was hilarious. (I still don't know why. Was it a five-dollar ring or something? Who knows?) I lost it in my bedroom in the basement, though. I felt so bad about that, too; I practically tore the room apart looking for it. There weren't that many places it could have fallen, so I still don't know where exactly it could have gone.

Anyway, I bought this ring to "replace" it, then I remembered the original ring wasn't jade, it was turquoise.

There's a moral of some sort here involving a fox or something, I'm sure.