WEST TX MASON
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I WAS LOOKING FOR A SIMILAR THREAD BUT COULDN'T FIND ONE. SO WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND YOUR RING? SO AFTER BEING RAISED IN 2013 I WENT THROUGH LETS SAY SOME DARKNESS AND NOTHING BAD I ACTUALLY MOVED AWAY FROM MY HOME LODGE BECAUSE OF A WORK TRANSFER, AND NOW I HAVE MOVED BACK HOME AFTER ALMOST THREE YEARS. I HAVE CONTINUED MY JOURNEY ALMOST LIKE I HAVE NOT BEEN GONE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. EXPECT I THINK I WOULD BE SW OR IN THE EAST NOT A TILLER. BUT.. THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME IM HAPPY TO BE HOME AND MOVING FORWARD THIS IS WHAT WAS PLANNED FOR ME THIS IS MY JOURNEY I AM NOT IN ANYWAY UPSET WITH THE EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID BEFORE ME.
NOW THAT I AM BACK I TOLD MY WIFE FROM THE START OF MY JOURNEY THAT I WANTED A RING FROM A PAWN SHOP OR A ANTIQUE SHOP. SOMETHING WORN BY A BROTHER THAT HAS HISTORY THAT IS OLD AND BEAUTIFUL THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. WELL TODAY I FINALLY FOUND THAT RING IN A PAWN SHOP I ASKED THE PAWN SHOP IF THEY KNEW WHO DROPPED IT OFF OR IF THEY KNEW THE STORY OF WHY IT WAS DROPPED OFF? I KNOW THEY CANT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BUT WHY WONDER MIGHT AS WELL ASK.. RIGHT. I ENDED UP PURCHASING THE RING FOR 300 BUCKS NOT TO BAD I THOUGHT.. I STARTED TO LOOK INSIDE THE RING AND WAS LEFT A LITTLE SURPRISE INITIALS OF THE OWNER.. AND A DATE.. I DON'T RECOGNIZE THE INITIALS AND THE RING COULD HAVE COME FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND SOMEONE'S KIDS DECIDE AFTER THEY DIED TO GET RID OF IT.. BUT I HAVE ASKED MY LODGE IF THEY CAN RECALL ANYBODY LOCALLY WITH THOSE INITIALS I WILL FOLLOW UP LATER. BUT THE DATE SOMETHING I WAS EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS WHAT I WANTED FROM MY RING.. NOT KNOWING IF IT IS HIS INITIATION DATE OR THE DATE HE WAS RAISED BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY BUT THE DATE IS.... 7/21/1995 MY RING IS ALMOST 21 YEARS OLD... HAHA... I WILL PROBABLY NEVER FIND THE ORGININAL OWNER OR KNOW WHAT THE DATE IS..OR KNOW WHERE IT HAS TRAVELED.. BUT I KNOW I FEEL LIKE I GET TO GIVE THIS RING ANOTHER STORY AND A NEW JOURNEY.
ON A SIDE NOTE. I MENTIONED THAT I PAID 300 FOR THE RING.. SO I LOOKED AND LOOKED FOR A RING THAT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE MINE.. AND I FOUND ONE.. FOR SALE AT ZALES.. FOR ONLY 1300 BUCKS.. NOT SAYING IT IS THE SAME RING BUT I WLL SAY IT LOOKS DANG CLOSE... I WILL GO BY ZALES THIS WEEK AND FIND OUT..
NOW THAT I AM BACK I TOLD MY WIFE FROM THE START OF MY JOURNEY THAT I WANTED A RING FROM A PAWN SHOP OR A ANTIQUE SHOP. SOMETHING WORN BY A BROTHER THAT HAS HISTORY THAT IS OLD AND BEAUTIFUL THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. WELL TODAY I FINALLY FOUND THAT RING IN A PAWN SHOP I ASKED THE PAWN SHOP IF THEY KNEW WHO DROPPED IT OFF OR IF THEY KNEW THE STORY OF WHY IT WAS DROPPED OFF? I KNOW THEY CANT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BUT WHY WONDER MIGHT AS WELL ASK.. RIGHT. I ENDED UP PURCHASING THE RING FOR 300 BUCKS NOT TO BAD I THOUGHT.. I STARTED TO LOOK INSIDE THE RING AND WAS LEFT A LITTLE SURPRISE INITIALS OF THE OWNER.. AND A DATE.. I DON'T RECOGNIZE THE INITIALS AND THE RING COULD HAVE COME FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND SOMEONE'S KIDS DECIDE AFTER THEY DIED TO GET RID OF IT.. BUT I HAVE ASKED MY LODGE IF THEY CAN RECALL ANYBODY LOCALLY WITH THOSE INITIALS I WILL FOLLOW UP LATER. BUT THE DATE SOMETHING I WAS EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS WHAT I WANTED FROM MY RING.. NOT KNOWING IF IT IS HIS INITIATION DATE OR THE DATE HE WAS RAISED BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY BUT THE DATE IS.... 7/21/1995 MY RING IS ALMOST 21 YEARS OLD... HAHA... I WILL PROBABLY NEVER FIND THE ORGININAL OWNER OR KNOW WHAT THE DATE IS..OR KNOW WHERE IT HAS TRAVELED.. BUT I KNOW I FEEL LIKE I GET TO GIVE THIS RING ANOTHER STORY AND A NEW JOURNEY.
ON A SIDE NOTE. I MENTIONED THAT I PAID 300 FOR THE RING.. SO I LOOKED AND LOOKED FOR A RING THAT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE MINE.. AND I FOUND ONE.. FOR SALE AT ZALES.. FOR ONLY 1300 BUCKS.. NOT SAYING IT IS THE SAME RING BUT I WLL SAY IT LOOKS DANG CLOSE... I WILL GO BY ZALES THIS WEEK AND FIND OUT..