Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Human Interest Global Honorable Mention - She spins like Saturn

Author(s)

Jillian Van Hefty

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

2-19-2018

Abstract

It's the Audrey Hepburn of rings, my mother's wedding band. Classic. Elegant. Perfect. The very day she put it on in 1969 it looked antique; a simple setting of thin white gold securing a slanted row of tiny diamonds, like the seven dwarfs on a teeter totter. Originally it hooked together with the engagement ring but the notch loosened over time and made them separate - quite symbolic of the marriage itself; one would spin around her finger like Saturn while the other one stayed put like the sun. The imperfection made it even more beautiful to me because, as she always used to say, "nothing's perfect."

Keywords

Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton

eCommons Citation

Van Hefty, Jillian, "Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Human Interest Global Honorable Mention - She spins like Saturn" (2018). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 1397.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/1397