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Homemade Ring

Josalyn McMillan

. This is my special object. This is a ring that my grandma made me. She made a lot of jewelry back in the day. She used to make stuff for all the women in my family. And every time I went over to her house, she, she would like, show me what she was working on. And, she had a lot of - like material. She had like her own crafting room and, yeah, she loved to make jewelry. So, she made this for me when I was about maybe 18. A lot of the women in my family have like matching ones. And then, yeah, my- so this is my special object because my grandma passed away really suddenly in 2021 and she hit her head and she had a stroke and passed away within a week. So it was [a] very like traumatic event, that kind of shaped me. Kind of changed my perspective on life and I love my grandma very much and I miss her every day. So I like to carry this with me, so I can think about her and sometimes I like to talk to it and I like play with the bead; just like talk to it and pretend she's there. My parents do the same thing. I, they - we’ve talked about it before. But yeah, I have a lot of jewelry from her, but, I don't know. This one I feel pretty connected to. No particular reason. I just really love it. Yeah, I, I wear it a lot and like to keep it with me.

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