Madalyn's ring is an heirloom that was her abuelita's engagement and wedding ring.

Madalyn was extremely close with her abuelitos (paternal grand parents) during her childhood. She, and her brother Jacob, would spend nearly everyday after school at their house while their parents were working. This is where Madalyn developed a love for her Spanish heritage and begun learning Spanish.

To paint the picture, Abuelita was a 4'11" Spanish catholic woman who was a force of nature to be reckoned with. But she was fiercely loyal and devoted to her family. During her childhood, Abuelita would always tell Madalyn, in her very thick Spanish accent, that "you are going to marry a spanish boy!" After which she would say, while pointing to her wedding and engagement ring, "And when you do, this will be your ring!"

When Abuelita suddenly passed away in September 2008, Abuelito hung onto the ring for safe keeping until he passed in October 2015, after which it went to Madalyn's dad, Sal, for safe keeping.

Madalyn has known, for pretty much her entire life, that this ring would be her engagement/wedding ring when the time was right, and was never shy about it. When she met Seth, she told him all about it beginning the story with "Just incase this gets serious and we 'go there,' I need you to know that I already have a ring.... and if you decide you want ask me to marry you, it has to be THE ring, and if it's not, then my answer is no." Mind you, they had only been dating for about a week at this point...

Fortunately, Seth doesn't scare easily and took this all in stride, responding with a chuckle while saying ,"Okay! Where is this ring?" To which Madalyn simply responded, "With my dad..."