Jewelry Box

When I was in high school there was one accessory that a teenage girl couldn’t live without – a pair of hoop earrings. These couldn’t be just any earrings; they had to be sterling silver hoop earrings. There was no chance of getting in the popular crowd if you didn’t have these.

I remember the day that I got my first pair of silver hoop earrings. I was at the mall with my mom, who up until that point hadn’t allowed me to wear the beloved accessory, when she told me I could pick out anything I wanted for my birthday. When I came back with the forbidden hoop earrings she just shrugged and paid for them at the register. That year I was the most popular girl in my class. I credit the earrings

There is one piece of jewelry that I have always wanted. It is an intricate vintage blue topaz ring of my great grandmothers. I have wanted to wear this ring ever since the first time I set eyes on it while on my mother’s finger. Too bad great grandma passed the ring down to mom and not me.

Recently someone surprised me, it was my mom. I had a school dance coming up and mom offered to let me wear it! I was shocked and so touched that the started crying then and there. My mom knew how to make me happy, that’s for sure!