whitby_2773
Ideal_Rock
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hallo all
a few weeks before i turned 21 (around 29 years ago!), my mother asked me what i'd like for my 21st birthday. i said i would like a bangle which she owned, which had been given to her on her 21st birthday by her father, my grandfather. she went away, and came back about a week later and said "kareyn, i've thought about it, but my dad gave this to me, and i want to keep it a bit longer. i've decided you'll inherit it from me when i die, but not before." a week later, while away for a weekend with my dad, my mother died of a heart attack at the age of 58.
a week later i turned 21.
so in my mind, i did indeed inherit her bangle - both at her death, and on the occasion of my 21st.
unfortunately, the bangle had been snapped for many years, and some bright spark had tried to solder it with lead solder (!!!) needless to say, this didn't go well. i had thought i'd be able to have it fixed, but this wasn't possible. and so it languished in my drawer for decades.
i am currently in australia (the country of my birth) for a vacation from NY (where i now live with my husband), and have been here since late january. to break up the time apart, and as a bit of a freebie, i suspect, from his boss, tim was sent to australia for one week for work - over valentine's day.
with him, he brought a .46 K SI1 diamond for me for valentine's day. K SI1 is a perfect choice for me, as my initials are KS we took the diamond and the broken bangle to my wonderful jeweler in the Blue Mountains where i'm now staying and where i used to live, and he set the diamond into a charm/pendant for me, and with the remainder of the gold, made a ring for my sister, which i am giving her tomorrow as a surprise gift.
i originally intended this charm to go on my charm bracelet, but it's simply too precious. so instead, i had a different sort of bale put onto it, and am now wearing it on the same chain as the pendant we had made last year with the remainder of the gold from remaking our wedding rings for our 25th wedding anniversary.
this is one PRECIOUS necklace!
and here she is....
a few weeks before i turned 21 (around 29 years ago!), my mother asked me what i'd like for my 21st birthday. i said i would like a bangle which she owned, which had been given to her on her 21st birthday by her father, my grandfather. she went away, and came back about a week later and said "kareyn, i've thought about it, but my dad gave this to me, and i want to keep it a bit longer. i've decided you'll inherit it from me when i die, but not before." a week later, while away for a weekend with my dad, my mother died of a heart attack at the age of 58.
a week later i turned 21.
so in my mind, i did indeed inherit her bangle - both at her death, and on the occasion of my 21st.
unfortunately, the bangle had been snapped for many years, and some bright spark had tried to solder it with lead solder (!!!) needless to say, this didn't go well. i had thought i'd be able to have it fixed, but this wasn't possible. and so it languished in my drawer for decades.
i am currently in australia (the country of my birth) for a vacation from NY (where i now live with my husband), and have been here since late january. to break up the time apart, and as a bit of a freebie, i suspect, from his boss, tim was sent to australia for one week for work - over valentine's day.
with him, he brought a .46 K SI1 diamond for me for valentine's day. K SI1 is a perfect choice for me, as my initials are KS we took the diamond and the broken bangle to my wonderful jeweler in the Blue Mountains where i'm now staying and where i used to live, and he set the diamond into a charm/pendant for me, and with the remainder of the gold, made a ring for my sister, which i am giving her tomorrow as a surprise gift.i originally intended this charm to go on my charm bracelet, but it's simply too precious. so instead, i had a different sort of bale put onto it, and am now wearing it on the same chain as the pendant we had made last year with the remainder of the gold from remaking our wedding rings for our 25th wedding anniversary.
this is one PRECIOUS necklace!
and here she is....
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