Grandmother

Something Blue Passed Down

by on March 27, 2010


As a child, my grandmother had this gorgeous sapphire ring. It was a stunning piece really, something antique you could not find anywhere. In fact, it was given to her by my grandfather’s mother in the 1930′s. Anyways, when we were at my grandparent’s house, I used to play around wearing all of my grandmother’s [...]

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Pretty Things for Little Girls

by on March 26, 2010


My mom seldom wore jewelry, but when she did it was big bold pieces that made a statement. I remember a snake wrap bracelet and a rather large lion’s head necklace too. My grandmother, on the other hand, had a little girl’s dream come true for a jewelry collection! She had beautiful diamond rings and [...]

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Circle of Trees

by on March 23, 2010


I remember sitting on my mom’s lap as a child, and her having a pin that she wore almost all the time. It was a silver circular pin, with two trees woven in the pin, and two deer standing among the trees. I love this silver pin, I remember sitting on her lap, and playing [...]

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The Pearl Necklace

March 22, 2010

Throughout my childhood I would always go through my mom’s jewelery box whenever I had the chance and was ready to dress up and play. My mom had a lot of jewelery to choose from, but the one piece I remember the most was her pearl necklace. She received it from her grandmother and eventually [...]

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My Grandmother

March 10, 2010

My parents died, when I was young, so my grandmother and grandfather raised me on their own pretty much my entire life. They were great parents, and I miss my grandfather everyday. My grandmother though, in recent years, has been slipping downhill, and was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease earlier this year. It’s very upsetting, watching [...]

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