Holly loved her husband Gerry very much. When he passed away, it tore her up. She was depressed for a long time and was holding herself back from living. After Gerry being gone for awhile, Holly continued to wear her wedding ring. One morning she was buying newspapers to see her horrid story about her movie, “Girls in the City,” and she runs into a man and they start to talk. He asks her to go from some coffee. Before Holly gave him an answer, he saw her wedding ring, apologized, and ran off. “He smiled quickly at her and took off down the road” (Ahern 170). Holly knew the reason why he ran off so quickly and it did not even bother her. She continued to wear her ring because she was attached to it. Holly’s logic was that if she wore the ring, Gerry would be with her. Alls Holly wanted was for her to be near Gerry so she loved wearing the ring. The thought of Gerry’s presence made her happy. “Gerry would know exactly how she was feeling, he would know exactly what to say and he would know exactly what to do. He would give her one of his famous hugs and all her problems would melt away” (Ahern 81). The ring that Holly continued to wear gave Holly a feeling of security. It allowed her to feel like Gerry was with her, and that is all that Holly really wanted.
After Gerry died, Holly felt as though her life was totally over. Her whole life, she had been Gerry’s wife and now he was gone,. It felt as though she was never going to be able to move on and live her life to the fullest. “Holly held the blue cotton sweater to her face and the familiar smell immediately struck her, an overwhelming grief knotting her stomach and pulling at her. Pins and needles ran up the back of her neck and a lump in her throat threatened to choke her. Panic took over” (Ahern 1). Holly had never imagined her life without Gerry, and how she had to. Holly kept her wedding ring on because her title was “Gerry’s wife” and with the ring on, she was able to still be his wife, even though he wasn’t there. She was able to still have him in her life and was still able to keep herself attached to the man he was and the husband he was to her. With her wedding ring, her life ad meaning, and she was afraid of her life losing this meaning, so she left the ring on. Holly also left her ring on because it gave her a reason not to get close to any other man because with that ring, she was still Gerry’s wife, and therefore she couldn’t betray him. “Holly bit her lip, feeling guilty as ushering him out so quickly, but she was also relieved he was finally going” (Ahern 267). Holly was able to keep a distance from other people because of her ring, and at this time in her life, even though she wanted support, she wanted to be left alone to grieve the death of Gerry. Her ring was her support, her cushion from the world, and that is why Holly kept her ring on for so long after his death.
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Holly loved her husband Gerry very much. When he passed away, it tore her up. She was depressed for a long time and was holding herself back from living. After Gerry being gone for awhile, Holly continued to wear her wedding ring. One morning she was buying newspapers to see her horrid story about her movie, “Girls in the City,” and she runs into a man and they start to talk. He asks her to go from some coffee. Before Holly gave him an answer, he saw her wedding ring, apologized, and ran off. “He smiled quickly at her and took off down the road” (Ahern 170). Holly knew the reason why he ran off so quickly and it did not even bother her. She continued to wear her ring because she was attached to it. Holly’s logic was that if she wore the ring, Gerry would be with her. Alls Holly wanted was for her to be near Gerry so she loved wearing the ring. The thought of Gerry’s presence made her happy. “Gerry would know exactly how she was feeling, he would know exactly what to say and he would know exactly what to do. He would give her one of his famous hugs and all her problems would melt away” (Ahern 81). The ring that Holly continued to wear gave Holly a feeling of security. It allowed her to feel like Gerry was with her, and that is all that Holly really wanted.
After Gerry died, Holly felt as though her life was totally over. Her whole life, she had been Gerry’s wife and now he was gone,. It felt as though she was never going to be able to move on and live her life to the fullest. “Holly held the blue cotton sweater to her face and the familiar smell immediately struck her, an overwhelming grief knotting her stomach and pulling at her. Pins and needles ran up the back of her neck and a lump in her throat threatened to choke her. Panic took over” (Ahern 1). Holly had never imagined her life without Gerry, and how she had to. Holly kept her wedding ring on because her title was “Gerry’s wife” and with the ring on, she was able to still be his wife, even though he wasn’t there. She was able to still have him in her life and was still able to keep herself attached to the man he was and the husband he was to her. With her wedding ring, her life ad meaning, and she was afraid of her life losing this meaning, so she left the ring on. Holly also left her ring on because it gave her a reason not to get close to any other man because with that ring, she was still Gerry’s wife, and therefore she couldn’t betray him. “Holly bit her lip, feeling guilty as ushering him out so quickly, but she was also relieved he was finally going” (Ahern 267). Holly was able to keep a distance from other people because of her ring, and at this time in her life, even though she wanted support, she wanted to be left alone to grieve the death of Gerry. Her ring was her support, her cushion from the world, and that is why Holly kept her ring on for so long after his death.
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