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whoa, what a rollercoaster day I’m having. Phew.
Anyhow, here’s a “new” special petite piece.
Many many years ago I received a pair of sweet opal earrings from one of my grandmas. She understood all that time ago my love of jewellery and opals. How I loved them.
In my early 20s, flat sharing as many a young person does, a flatmate “borrowed” without permission some of my treasured jewellery.
I’ve been a “soft touch” for as long as I can remember and I had previously lent said flatmate a belt and a coat on previous occasions, but my jewellery?! Never.
Sadly, she lost one of the earrings during an unauthorized and unknown “borrowing”. To say I was upset is an understatement, as another flatmate remarked afterwards “I honestly thought you were going to kill her”.
So for more than 30 years a sad, single opal earring has languished in the bottom of my jewellery box.
Then I got a thought, I cut the post off (it was a stud type earring) and threaded it through the back a fine gold chain I have.
Now, there is also a story with this gold chain.
My other grandma, a very miserly woman (growing up homeless and poverty stricken during the Great Depression moulds you) who never gave anyone anything ever, gave me this gold chain because I had won a gold medals during the State Athletics carnival. Trust me, the whole extended family was more than gobsmacked by this totally out of character generosity.
So here they are, two gifts from my grandmas, joined together.
And I’m giving it to my daughter for her birthday.
Anyhow, here’s a “new” special petite piece.
Many many years ago I received a pair of sweet opal earrings from one of my grandmas. She understood all that time ago my love of jewellery and opals. How I loved them.
In my early 20s, flat sharing as many a young person does, a flatmate “borrowed” without permission some of my treasured jewellery.
I’ve been a “soft touch” for as long as I can remember and I had previously lent said flatmate a belt and a coat on previous occasions, but my jewellery?! Never.
Sadly, she lost one of the earrings during an unauthorized and unknown “borrowing”. To say I was upset is an understatement, as another flatmate remarked afterwards “I honestly thought you were going to kill her”.
So for more than 30 years a sad, single opal earring has languished in the bottom of my jewellery box.
Then I got a thought, I cut the post off (it was a stud type earring) and threaded it through the back a fine gold chain I have.
Now, there is also a story with this gold chain.
My other grandma, a very miserly woman (growing up homeless and poverty stricken during the Great Depression moulds you) who never gave anyone anything ever, gave me this gold chain because I had won a gold medals during the State Athletics carnival. Trust me, the whole extended family was more than gobsmacked by this totally out of character generosity.
So here they are, two gifts from my grandmas, joined together.
And I’m giving it to my daughter for her birthday.