Just wondering, how many of you have things that have been passed down from your family? Things that are expected to always stay in the family? Maybe your grandparents chose you to have it, because they trust you, etc? I just recently got my grandmother's wedding ring. I was married in July and we had our own wedding bands - just plain silver, nothing incredibly exciting or anything, just normal plain silver bands. My mom had my grandma's wedding ring (it was passed on to my mom) and she said that they both wanted it to go to me - though any of the other "granddaughters" could have gotten it, my grandma wanted my mom to pass it on to me. I just got it re-sized a couple weeks ago, and wear it with my silver wedding band (the silver band goes on first, of course, becaue it's MINE from my husband and all). I didn't really like it at first, it's old-fashioned, white gold with two tiny diamonds in it, and I liked the plain silver band. But I'm definitely glad to have it because it's grandma's and some day, one of my kids will have it and hopefully keep it in the family for a VERY long time. But I'll definitely be sure to tell them they'd better get their own rings, too, because grandma's ring has to be passed on. I'll be buried with my wedding band, but grandma's ring lives on forever. There are a few other things, too. My mom has a necklace that my stepdad got her when they first met. He also passed away in July, and the necklace will probably be passed to me when my mom passes away. I guess it's kind-of a "spirit of the family" thing. I mean, my grandparents have been married for 50 years next August and even when they're gone, that's going to live on for a long, long time. And then there's a rule about guns. The guys on my dad's side are HUGE on guns/shooting, so guns don't leave the family - same with Harleys (my dad's a biker) ...unless they get wrecked or something, they stay in the family... though the only one right now is my dad's Fat Boy (and I hope to hell that either my brother or my husband ends up with it, because I don't think anybody else in my family could handle a bike that big/heavy, haha). So, do you have anything that was passed down, that stays in the family no matter what?
In our family, I can't think of anything except maybe my grandmother's china collection. That's a good question.
yeah lodes of things get passed down in our family, mostley jewellery. my mom gave me my grandmas silver st christopher & chain when i was about 9y/o (she passed when i was 4y/o), my mum has a gold chain & cross from the same grandma locked away for me. she wont let me have it just yet because it was very expensive, the chain is very fine (as in thin), & i'm just not ready to take that kind of responsibility just yet. my mum would be devistated if i lost it because its the necklace my grandma used to wear every day & not just something that used to sit in her jewellery box & come out occationally. i'm not too sure why this piece of jewellery came to me as i have two older sister, i dont know if they got anything (i'm guessing they did but i dont know what). i dont know if it was something my grandma asked my mum to make sure i got or what. both these items will be passed down to my children. i have my great aunt stashas wedding ring, this is my granddads (dads dad), brothers wifes wedding ring. i was only given this by my aunt a few months ago, my cousin (my aunts daughter who's older than me) didnt want it so i was asked & accepted. its a plain rose gold wedding band made from polish gold (my dads side is polish) & i wear it on my thumb because thats the only one it will fit on. i dont really want to get it made smaller to fit my skiny fingers, i think it will destroy some of the essance of my great aunt. on our 18th birthday mum gave us all a dimond ring from her jewellery box, the one i got my mum was bought for her on her 18th birthday. my mum & dad bought us all a krugerrand coin for our 21st birthday (apart from my bro who aint 21 just yet). this will be passed down to my kids, it may not be worth as much now as what it used to, maybe one day it will again, but its still 1oz of fine gold. i dont know what will happen to my dads mum's wedding ring when she dies. she always told me when i was younger that she was going to be burried with my granddad & i thought she would have it burried with her (she hasnt taken it off for centuries, even the 28 years since my granddad died) but my aunt said that when she made her will out & funeral arrangements she has chosen to be cremated and you cant wear jewellery for cremation. my mums wedding ring will get passed down to one of us. it always gets offered to the eldist first, i dont know if mum will offer it to my eldist sister as she isnt very responsible. my mum was married before, she had my two sisters to her first marrage but left shortley after her DD2 was born as he was very possesive. my dad who she met just after has brought my sisters up as his own & they regard him as there dad even tho they occationally saw their bio-dad. mum gave my eldist sister the wedding photos from her first marrage to her & she has lost them. she will go mad if she finds out. mum might give my sisters the wedding ring & engagement ring to my sisters from her first marrage & me & my bro the wedding ring & engagement ring from marrage to my dad.
Most of the reason I wasn't too hesitant about having my grandma's wedding ring re-sized (other than the fact that I'm married and wanted to wear it with my wedding band) was because my mom had it sized-up when she first got it, because it was too small for her. So it wasn't too big of a deal, having already been altered once before. I also have a silver chain (necklace) with a small charub on it, that my dad got me when I was around 10 years old, and I have something else on the same necklace - a small cross that used to be my brother's (he's alive and well at 21, I got it because he left it here when he moved back to Florida) and my dad's old necklace, another silver chain with a bigger cross and Jesus (square-ish background with his face and the crown of thorns) on it. He sent it to me for Christmas the first year that I moved here. We pretty much consider the smaller one (cherub and my brother's cross) "mine" and the other one (bigger cross and Jesus) is my husband's, but really, they could be passed on to anyone in either of our families any time. My grandmother's wedidng ring is the big one, though, and will stay with me until one of my future-children gets married (or, if they don't want it, one of my nieces/nephews will get it).
I have a whole bag of the last gold Russian rubles that my great grandparents were able to slip out with during the purge.
