A Promise for Sara
When I first met Sara, one of the most peculiar things about that encounter was the fact that, I felt like… I had already met her before. There was this weird sense of familiarity, as if we had already known each other for some time before. What’s even more interesting is that, this wasn’t something I had actually shared with her until some time later after she mentioned describing that particular encounter in almost the exact same way: as if we already knew each other before we met. It was one thing for me to feel that way, but finding out that the feeling was mutual, just made the whole thing even crazier.
On top of that, I think we can both agree, we’ve shared quite a lot of different experiences together, in a very short amount of time which has definitely taught us a lot about each other and even ourselves. Throughout all of this, we’ve talked a lot about building a future together… and I guess, maybe I’m kinda sentimental or corny, but I wanted to do something that represented that desire to one day build a future together, in the meantime.
I kept things simple, in large part because I know that’s what she prefers (and I really had to fight my inner bougie bitch here), with a silver setting and little hearts with our respective birth stones: an Amethyst & Aquamarine. I wanted to subtly add a little more meaning to it though, so I went with our initials engraved on the inside of the ring.
Finally, I recently got a 3D printer that I’m beginning to learn to use, so we can work on different projects together in the future and I wanted to try and use it to print a little box to hold the ring in. I won’t lie, I definitely wanted to do more with it, but the overall design at least came out decently and I cut up a little cushion to size to put inside it and hold the ring in place… and after that, I surprised her with it by placing it alongside a bunch of other 3D prints I had brought for her to check out and never said a word about it until she opened up the box to look at it and found the ring inside. =]
Overall, I feel like my mission was accomlished and just want to reiterate: Sara, you’re an awkward nerdy try hard, that I love and hope to build a future with. <3