This weekend, we finally got the rings we ordered two months ago! We both wanted remembrance rings for Julian, so we picked out a stone that is the softest baby blue that we could find. The rings are white gold and the stone is Larimar--and we were able to have Julian's name inscribed on them.

It took us so long to get the rings because the stone is kind of hard to get. It's just now beginning to be used in jewelry, and is most often found in cruise ship gift shops because of its blue ocean color. Also, the only place in the world that the stone can be mined is on a small island in the Dominican Republic. Larimar was discovered in 1974 by Norman Rilling (a US Peace Corps volunteer) who gave it its name by combining the first part of his daughter's name, Larissa, and mar, the Spanish word for Sea. Its metaphysical properties are supposedly that it helps people remove restrictions they impose on themselves, helps them discover the deeper meaning of why they are here and most importantly (for us) the Larimar stone is supposed to bring you peace. But truthfully the reason we choose this stone is the beautiful baby blue color...the perfect representation of our beautiful baby boy.