In May 2021, I lost my best friend and the dog Rusty. Rusty was by my side for my recovery from a concussion that caused me to lose 8 months of memory and 3 neurosurgeries. As a golden retriever, we did not know he was sick as it is not in the breed to show health issues, but being the best boy he was he made a huge recovery and instead of the 2 weeks the vet gave him he lived another 15 months! My mom went above and beyond for him and honestly Rusty ate better than we did with his own meals cooked each day! Here is a picture of my goofball on his favorite bear!

When he passed I was devastated as I was interning for Congress in Washington, DC, and knew immediately that I wanted to do something special and unique to honor him. I spent all of 2021 interning and finally started working for Congress in March of 2022 however the pay was far from great. One day in 2022 I stumbled across Eterneva.

Eterneva is a company that takes either ashes or hair from a loved one and extracts the carbon out of it to create a diamond. It isn't a cheap thing by any means but I knew I never would have made it as far as I have without my boy and knew this was just the thing for him. Last week I finally got my boy back and I couldn't be happier with the final result.

He is a VS .55 round-cut blue diamond for those that are wondering set in a 10k gold band I had custom-designed! While I miss him and his hugs deeply I am happy that I will always have this piece of him with me. He is forever my baby.