Barbara Trent

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September 27, 2001

The Ring of the September 5th Inheritance

As I walk down the aisle toward a man I love so dear, I think about the ring my mother gave to me and the conversation my mother and I had right before the ceremony began. As we were talking, she told me that now that I was getting married there is something I must have. As we all Know, when you get married you are supposed to have something new, something blue, and something borrowed. Well, as my mother began to talk, she showed me this little old ring, nothing fancy, not very shiny anymore, just and old fashion engagement ring that belonged to my, as I like to say your Tri-Great Grandmother, when she was married. As my mother gave the ring to me, I asked her the story behind the ring; she said that it started long time ago. It goes something like this.

Some time long, long time ago maybe around the late 1800's, I would guess, your Tri-Great Grandmother was born on September 5th. She had no clue that she would be starting a trend of her own, the September 5th inheritance trend to be exact. She just lived her life as normally as can be and then all of a sudden, a miracle happened; your Great-Great-Grandmother was born on the exact same day. Well with that being so weird, your Tri-Great Grandmother decided to start her own little trend that would stay in the family forever: this is what you would call the making of a tradition. This Tradition would be as follows, that when a girl was born on September 5th and then married she would receive your Tri-Great Grandmother's engagement ring. If no girl was born on that date then the oldest daughter of the recent owner of the ring would receive it. But having to give it to the oldest daughter sure didn't happen.

Since it happened to be that your Great Grandmother was also born on September 5th, and with a tradition it must be carried on, she to would receive the ring when she gets married. And as you already know I to was born on September 5th, but was unsure if I was going to have that chance to pass down the ring to a September 5th baby girl. But for some reason you decided to come early, and you were born on September 5th.

So here we are now, twenty-five years later, on your wonderful white day passing on the tradition. It can't be complete with out you ring.

As I slip on the ring I think of the history that this ring had gone through. So many people, all with a common line, all with a story to tell and pass on.

Now most people would look at this and question. Can this be true? Can this Actually Happen? Why yes it can. Even though I'm not married and this is a look at what is to come to me in the future, this can happen. It's just a strange and unusual inheritance, but its mine to tell and no ones else's and that's the best part of it all.