Article: Wedding band an old, powerful symbol

What does a wedding ring say about you? Sure, it is the socially accepted sign that you are married, but how linked is this piece of jewelry with who we are?

I thought about this while I was watching my son's basketball coach at a recent practice.

He has a child on the team and is much more patient than I would be with the seven facemaking 5-year-olds who are conversely lying on the floor and practicing how to throw the ball while spinning.

I noticed, as he was chasing one of the many errant passes, that he was not wearing a wedding ring.

Now, he could just not wear it to practice, he could be divorced, he could never have been married, or a number of other scenarios.

Whatever the case, ...

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