The truth was, her grandsons had not chosen the kind of life she had always assumed they would.
Not one chose to go into the family business, for instance, and not one married and settled down nearby. She had held the dream of sharing her love for her grandsons by passing on to her granddaughters-in-law diamonds from the jewelry her late husband had given her.
She weighed those dreams and decided the tradition she valued could still be shared.
One grandson did something very special with the round brilliant diamond she gave him. He went to her jeweler, not his, and sat with the designer describing just the ring he wanted for his grandmother's diamond. The day it was ready, he showed it to no one until he showed it to Grams.
"I chose yellow gold," he said, " because you told me how pretty you think it is. And this inset band of small sapphires is for the color of your eyes."
In the center of the ring, in an untraditional raised bezel setting, her diamond was placed in honor. "This diamond reminds me of watching you sparkle when you talk."
This untraditional grandson received all her gifts of love.
Not one chose to go into the family business, for instance, and not one married and settled down nearby. She had held the dream of sharing her love for her grandsons by passing on to her granddaughters-in-law diamonds from the jewelry her late husband had given her.
She weighed those dreams and decided the tradition she valued could still be shared.
One grandson did something very special with the round brilliant diamond she gave him. He went to her jeweler, not his, and sat with the designer describing just the ring he wanted for his grandmother's diamond. The day it was ready, he showed it to no one until he showed it to Grams.
"I chose yellow gold," he said, " because you told me how pretty you think it is. And this inset band of small sapphires is for the color of your eyes."
In the center of the ring, in an untraditional raised bezel setting, her diamond was placed in honor. "This diamond reminds me of watching you sparkle when you talk."
This untraditional grandson received all her gifts of love.