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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Call your sister and talk to her. Tell her gently that it was very sentimental to you and that if she felt like she could part with the ring you would really like to have it to remember your grandmother. If she says no, then make peace with it. Your mom is creating drama so leave her out of whatever you decide to do. [/quote]Excellent advice![/quote]

and please keep an open mind about your sister's take.  I"ll share a story as illustration.

I was given my grandmother's mother's ring.  I love it. It is very sentimental to me as is the reason why it was given to me and not my 11 female first-cousins.

The reason is that I was a favorite and then I got engaged to someone my family did not support (both of us female, they all Roman Catholic). My fiance then died. My grandmother gave me the ring as a way of saying "I may not have accepted your relationship, but I do accept you as the widow you are".  There was lots of whispering about my getting this ring. So at a family gathering, my grandmother stood up, told the others to stop their whispering and said "I gave the ring to ABC because I wanted her to have it. That's the end of the discussion".

I don't wear it every day but I am wearing it now. I wear it at certain times. For example, she was a mother of 6 and I am 8 months pregnant and feeling very slowed by pregnancy. Seeing these 6 stones reminds me that I can do this and she did much, much more (for ex:  including raising, killing, plucking, preparing AND cooking the chicken while I buy pollo a la braza).  [/quote]

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