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Some of you can probably tell from my latest LT posts that I’ve been digging through my collection as I choose the part with some things. Doing so has made me very nostalgic, and it makes me miss my mom so terribly. She died in 2016 and was only in her 60s. She had a rare form of liver disease, and the kicker is that she never even drank so it was in no way caused by her own doing. What was particularly painful is that she was on a transplant list, and she actually got a transplant, then died two days later in the hospital because of a freak hemorrhage. It shocked all of the doctors, and was devastating for our family as we experienced such joy of her receiving the new liver, which was then robbed two days later. She had done extraordinarily well through the surgery and post-op, so we were completely unprepared for the outcome. 
I think of her daily, but have been thinking of her even more so because I have kept some of her most special pieces of jewelry. She loved jewelry and she had very little money growing up and then starting out. As she became more successful, she bought more pieces. She also loved to buy it for other people, so for every birthday and Christmas she always bought something for me. She and I didn’t share the same taste, but even still there are pieces of hers that I just love and wear, and think of her. Sadly, she had a diamond solitaire that my dad bought for her some years after their wedding (they couldn’t afford a diamond when they first married) and that item was lost. I would give anything to have it back. But I have put some of her jewelry pieces as well as some of the things she gifted me below:
This turquoise ring is one of my favorites! I think that it looks much more expensive than it actually was, as she bought it from a Macy’s department store!
This cocktail ring is a purchase I remember clearly. I was only about five years old and it was one of her first “big” jewelry purchases, when she was beginning to make more money at her job.
She loved the colors blue and pink, so blue zircon, blue topaz, tanzanite, pink tourmaline, and pink sapphire were some of her favorites. The big pink tourmaline is mounted to my dad’s wedding band (he also passed long before she did).
I remember this tanzanite (I was a teen when she got it) was also due to a bonus she got at work:
She loved pendants too. She gave me the blue zircon, iolite, and tanzy pendant, and the pink tourmaline and pretty ruby one were hers. She had all of these made with the exception of the tanzy one. She also had the zircon earrings made for me as a birthday gift when I turned 40:
She gave me this ring as a gift and I have no idea what stone it is. Anyone know? It looks lighter than sapphire. It has “garland” stamped into the gold. It’s my only marquis shaped stone:
Because she was obsessed with blue, she also adored Southwest and Native American jewelry with turquoise and other polished stones:
On this hand was one ring she had made for herself, and one for me. They are similar in style but mine (thankfully) was much daintier! They were mother/daughter rings. I hope to repurpose hers one day into a style I would wear. Ideas welcome haha!
This is a Levian pink sapphire she bought me, and a blue-green zircon she had made that I would also like to change up one day :
When she passed, she had amassed a giant collection that far exceeds what I’ve posted just now. Much of it was not my style, but the sheer volume was just so overwhelming. I kept many pieces (as you can see - this isn’t even all of them) but I decided to sell what I didn’t want. When I did that, I cobbled all those funds together to buy one stunner of a ring. I had always wanted a yellow diamond, so I got this from DBL and it still makes me think of my mom as it is thanks to the sale of her pieces that I could buy this one:
Lastly, a purple-pink heart tourmaline she had made for me. I love her and miss her so much.
I think of her daily, but have been thinking of her even more so because I have kept some of her most special pieces of jewelry. She loved jewelry and she had very little money growing up and then starting out. As she became more successful, she bought more pieces. She also loved to buy it for other people, so for every birthday and Christmas she always bought something for me. She and I didn’t share the same taste, but even still there are pieces of hers that I just love and wear, and think of her. Sadly, she had a diamond solitaire that my dad bought for her some years after their wedding (they couldn’t afford a diamond when they first married) and that item was lost. I would give anything to have it back. But I have put some of her jewelry pieces as well as some of the things she gifted me below:
This turquoise ring is one of my favorites! I think that it looks much more expensive than it actually was, as she bought it from a Macy’s department store!
This cocktail ring is a purchase I remember clearly. I was only about five years old and it was one of her first “big” jewelry purchases, when she was beginning to make more money at her job.
She loved the colors blue and pink, so blue zircon, blue topaz, tanzanite, pink tourmaline, and pink sapphire were some of her favorites. The big pink tourmaline is mounted to my dad’s wedding band (he also passed long before she did).
I remember this tanzanite (I was a teen when she got it) was also due to a bonus she got at work:
She loved pendants too. She gave me the blue zircon, iolite, and tanzy pendant, and the pink tourmaline and pretty ruby one were hers. She had all of these made with the exception of the tanzy one. She also had the zircon earrings made for me as a birthday gift when I turned 40:
She gave me this ring as a gift and I have no idea what stone it is. Anyone know? It looks lighter than sapphire. It has “garland” stamped into the gold. It’s my only marquis shaped stone:
Because she was obsessed with blue, she also adored Southwest and Native American jewelry with turquoise and other polished stones:
On this hand was one ring she had made for herself, and one for me. They are similar in style but mine (thankfully) was much daintier! They were mother/daughter rings. I hope to repurpose hers one day into a style I would wear. Ideas welcome haha!
This is a Levian pink sapphire she bought me, and a blue-green zircon she had made that I would also like to change up one day :
When she passed, she had amassed a giant collection that far exceeds what I’ve posted just now. Much of it was not my style, but the sheer volume was just so overwhelming. I kept many pieces (as you can see - this isn’t even all of them) but I decided to sell what I didn’t want. When I did that, I cobbled all those funds together to buy one stunner of a ring. I had always wanted a yellow diamond, so I got this from DBL and it still makes me think of my mom as it is thanks to the sale of her pieces that I could buy this one:
Lastly, a purple-pink heart tourmaline she had made for me. I love her and miss her so much.
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