I just got home from my raising and all I can say is wow! That was a very awesome experience, and one that I will never forget! DDGL put on the degree tonight, and I had the privilege of having my best friend's father there who I've known for 17 years and my grandfather there for this very huge step in my life. Neither of them I knew to be masons until I decided to take this path in my life.
My grandfather did the honors of presenting me my apron and also the Bible that I took my obligation on. Then he pulled out a jewelry box and presented me a gift that I never knew existed. He opened the box which had his father's (my great grandfather's) Masonic ring in it.
This was very special in many ways. A few being the stone is blue which relates to a few parts of my life. Blue being blue lodge, my birthstone (I was born in September and the birth stone is a sapphire), and also September was the month that I was initiated in and began my Masonic career. I also received in the mail today, the next book I will begin to read which is Born in Blood. This book has been recommended to me by a few brothers.
It seems as all of this timing has happened for a reason which I truly believe.