With this ring.

It will be his 'something old'...

 the wedding band I gave to his father

 40+ years ago 

will be recycled,

 have updated engraving

and be used in November.

 It doesn't have to be re-sized...

it fits him perfectly.

He couldn't be happier - 

to have some 'concrete' symbol of his Dad in his daily life

and to finally have grown as big as his father.

No matter how many times I tell him 

he's exceeded his father-

in height, weight, stature, and character - 

the ring seems to have made it 'official'

in ways I don't pretend to understand.

These two fuzzy pictures, 

from days gone by, 

are framed together 

and have long been 

GI Joe's favorites.

They make me smile too -
at least,
through my tears.