July 2017 Moms
LuLiLaEv
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GTKY: Sentimental Jewelry
LuLiLaEv
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Tell (or show!) us about your sentimental jewelry. It could be something handed down through family, wedding rings, or just has a special meaning to you!
**Bonus points for pictures and feel free to share more than 1 if you have it.
**Bonus points for pictures and feel free to share more than 1 if you have it.
Re: GTKY: Sentimental Jewelry
Married: 07-2014
TTC #1: Since November 2015
Restarted TTC "count" Oct. 2016
due to previous issues.
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BFP: 11/4/2016
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I also have a right hand ring that is a breastmilk ring. I know it sounds weird, but it's a really special reminder to me of everything we went through.
I also have a bar necklace with our anniversary in Roman numerals stamped on it that my husband gave me for our anniversary that I wear every day and I have one of my grandmas rings but it stays locked in my jewelry box because I'm terrified of something happening to it!
@SaphireSweetie88
The two most sentimental pieces of jewelry that I own are:
This was my paternal grandmother's ring. I don't know what kind of stones the green ones are, but I absolutely love this ring and I wear it all of the time.
This is a tiny heart necklace by Roberto Coin. My ex who passed away got it for me many years ago, and I'm really glad I kept it. I don't wear it because it is from an ex but I'm so happy I still have it.
This is the necklace that my husband gave me for Christmas the year my son was born. The hospital that my son was born in is a giant pink building on a big hill that overlooks the channel that the boats come in and out of in Pearl Harbor. He's an assistant navigator on a submarine and used the equipment on the boat to target the room my son was born in and he had the GPS coordinates stamped on this necklace for me so that I'd have a piece of him and a piece of my son with me always.
William Alexander born 18 September, 2015
Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017
Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017
Bowen James due 19 June, 2019
I was super close with my paternal grandparents who have both passed. Some of my earliest memories are at their house, listening to my grandpa sing and play his guitar. I have one of his guitar picks that my dad drilled a hole it and its on one of my grandmas gold chains. I used to wear it all the time but the clasp broke and I haven't gotten it fixed yet. I kinda of want to transform it into a keychain tho. Might make that a project for DH. It's not valuable or anything but it means a lot to me.
Both my parents grew up without much so we don't really have any "family heirlooms". I wish we did. Especially now that I'm having a little girl l; I want to be able to pass something on to her that came from her family.
Eta - and obviously my engagement ring which I'm obsessed with. DH did good. He also had my wedding band inscribed.
i love my rings but i'm not much of a jewelry person. i love the name plate necklace dh gave me the first mother's day after dd was born - i do wear that everyday, even after 5 years!
Not my most sentimental, but the most recent and "out of the box."
From my husband I have the following:
Dog tags and a Lord of the Rings ring that he gave me when we first started dating. He isn't military, he got the tags at a really rough time in his life in high school. When he gave them to me, he said he did it because I was what meant the most to him now. The ring he gave me as a "promise" ring/engagement ring. It's not my real ring, or the real proposal, but it was in that vein. Unfortunately I was allergic to the metal, so I ended up putting it on the chain.
I also have a seahorse necklace he gave me at our first real vacation together. We went to the beach (OCNJ) for my birthday, and this was my birthday gift.
Just for this Valentine's Day, he gave me this necklace from Kay Jewelers, and he meant to give it to me at dinner, but he totally forgot and ended up giving it to me that night while we were laying in bed.
And of course my engagement ring and wedding band. They look like a set, but they aren't. The engagement ring is sterling silver with white sapphires and an aquamarine in the middle, and the band is sterling silver with diamonds. I chose the engagement ring myself. We had been looking for awhile, and I saw it one day while out shopping, and dragged him up there that night after school. He made me leave so I wouldn't know if he bought it or not. The band was also chosen together. Yes my band is currently missing a stone. I have coverage on it and will get it fixed, but it breaks my heart to not wear it, so I'm waiting until my hands swell up at the end of this pregnancy and I have to take them off anyways.
None of these are really worth any money, but they all mean the world to me.
Friends since 2008
Started dating: July 1st, 2013
Engaged: July 1st, 2014
Married: July 1st, 2016
R born: July 8th, 2017
N born: June 30th, 2019
Baby #3 Due: July 7th, 2022
(maybe I only ovulate in October XD)
I'm not good with jewelry, much to my husband's dismay (I may or may not have misplaced he first necklace he bought me for our first Christmas together). I need a good jewelry box! The only thing I wear consistently now is my engagement ring and wedding band. Everything else I put away so I don't lose it.
I do have one familial piece, my grandma's wedding band, which has her initials engraved on the inside. My mom is keeping it for me now (because I didn't want to lose that too). Her mom gave it to her, her youngest daughter, and my mom gave it to me, as I'm her youngest daughter. It's nice because most things get passed on to the oldest.
Married: Oct 2015
Baby G born June 2017
TTC#2: July 2018
BFP #2: 2/6/19 MC 3/14/19
BFP#3 from IUI #2: 6/30/20 EDD 3/9/21
Of course my rings are sentimental. But in the second photo are two dimes. Dimes that were in my husbands, great-grandmothers shoes on her wedding day. They were then passed down to his grandmother who wore them on her wedding day, then his mother, and then me! I'd be devastated if something happen to my rings but they're insured so I'm not too worried. However, I've had nightmares about losing these dimes numerous times! They're so sentimental I don't know what I'd do if I lost them especially after all the generations who have managed to not lose them!
ETA: the dimes went in the left shoe of both the bride and the groom!
DS1 - 7/2011, DD 12/2012, DS2 - 4/2014, MMC - 12/2015
The top band is my actual wedding band, which I rarely wear bc the bottom $20 tungsten band is more comfortable!
And yes I know I need a fill! Lol
Highly monitored internet and no cell service in the office, so I'm postin' and ghostin' while I'm workin'
I have a bracelet that was my late grandmothers and then my parents gave me a very pretty ring for college graduation that I love! I will also say my engagement ring and wedding ring just because they mean so much to me, my husband did a great job picking them out. I will have to look for some photos!
uhm I have never heard of a breastmilk ring and totally thought @manillabar was crazy for asking if it had milk in it! Boy was I wrong! Now I'm bummed I didn't get one sigh because that was one of the hardest journeys/things I've had to endure to date. I weaned my son a couple months ago but he still asks for it multiple times a day.
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My most sentimental piece apart from my wedding ring is a gold bean necklace from Tiffany's that I got after my loss last year. I don't take it off or ever plan to. The bean is around the size baby was measuring. I don't ever share what it is or means since it just looks like a cute necklace - so it's kind of a personal commemorative piece that also helps ground my feelings.
Married: Oct 2015
Baby G born June 2017
TTC#2: July 2018
BFP #2: 2/6/19 MC 3/14/19
BFP#3 from IUI #2: 6/30/20 EDD 3/9/21
My most sentimental piece of jewelry is my grandma's wedding ring. After she died, my mom and I discovered that it was a perfect fit for my ring finger. When I took it in to get cleaned, my jeweler discovered that it had etchings that had faded away. He was able to recover most of them, and he replaced the shattered rubies with pink sapphires (my grandma's favorite color). Don't mind my extra swollen finger!
I don't wear much jewelry other than my engagement ring and wedding band. DH and I had been together for almost 2.5 years when we got engaged. We were still in the process of getting his divorce finalized so I thought that our engagement was a ways off when he proposed. DH picked my e-ring out by himself. He had my best friend do some 'investigating' to find out what I wanted for my e-ring. It was the second ring that he looked at and he got it 3 months before he proposed! When he proposed I was so shocked he had to ask me twice if I would marry him!
When we went to pick out our bands, I really loved the idea of having matching wedding bands (my grandparents were married for 58 years and had matching white gold bands). I also really loved my e-ring and didn't want to add more to it that a wedding band would take away from it. These fit together perfectly.
Married: 6/2016
TTC:6/2016
BFP: 11/22/2016 | EDD: 7/29/2017
The funny thing is we're not Irish. (Or at least I thought we weren't until I got my ancestry DNA results which revealed I am 25% Irish.) I guess that's where I get my freckles. Now the ring makes even more sense to me...even though I still wear it on my right hand.