Amy Ruhlin

Amy Ruhlin is a former Speech-Language Therapist. She has two grown children and one sweet husband. Her essays have been published in The Huffington Post, BetterAfter50, High50 and LivingBetter50. You can find her at The View at Midlife.

I recently lost one of my favorite rings. A “mothers ring,” it was called: a band of studded white gold with a small, peridot gemstone in the setting. The peridot is the birthstone for August, the month that my son was born. I wore it on my right hand every single day for the last …

A Ring For the Empty Nest