I hope I can get back into reading again very soon. But I need to give a very special shoutout!
LIVIANIA!
I got a notification that you had written on one of my posts. So I went to the page and I felt like I kind of rediscovered it! So thank you Liviania for helping me return to my blog. It means a lot to me!
Anyway, I'm going through some changes in my life.
My grandma, or as we called her, "Granny," passed away recently. We finally sold her condo and we were cleaning it out yesterday. In her house I found a ton of old stuff and trust me, I'm crazyyy nostalgic. So I'm going crazy and looking through all this stuff and I get to her jewelry. She has some kind of useless stuff, but also some very beautiful and valuable pieces. I find this pretty sapphire necklace and earrings and my mom points out that I could have them. But me being the teenager that I am says,
"Nahh, I don't wear stuff like that."
My mom replies, well you could wear it to a formal or something. My teenager self says, "No, I wouldn't wear it." It is at this point that my mom says something that totally flips me upside-down. She says,
"Emily, look at all this *sweeping her arms out*. You need to take advantage of the things you have and use them before your time is out. Your grandmother saved things and never had the chance to use them. Don't let what you have go to waste."
Crap.
I'm a selfish, ungrateful brat aren't I? I sit around and watch television all day. I'm putting my family and myself to shame. Well, no more, the new Emily is here!
So I am going to take advantage of my multitudes of resources. And live life like there is no tomorrow (:
9 comments:
Great to have you back!
I love that you guys aren't fighting over your grandmas stuff. My family fought over EVERYTHING! It's nice to see someone appreciating the family, and not just the stuff!
I'm sorry about your grandma. That's sad. But I'm glad to have you back! (:
Thanks guys! Its good to be back (: And yeah, its just my dad and his sister getting the stuff so it was pretty easy to split it up. But still.. it was sad.
I'm sorry about your Grandmother. Glad to have you back though!
I'm glad my comment helped.
Most of my jewelry is stuff I inherited from either my great-grandmother or my grandmother. I don't wear it that often but I love when I do because it makes me feel close to them.
The most uncomfortable was my grandmother's jewelry, which she started giving away before she died. The only pieces I would take at first were ones I knew my parents had given her.
I'm sorry about your grandmother. I totally agree with your mom, too. And that necklace is gorgeous -trust me, you'll wear it some day.
I go through cycles like that too. (Granted, mine also revolve around if I have more work in school, the less I read and the more I do music related things.)
And I'm sorry about your grandma! But the necklace is gorgeous. ^^
Sorry about your grandmother--the necklace really is gorgeous, though.
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