
Sometimes I like to occasionally buy a little necklace or ring here or there, but no piece of jewelery I have ever owned compares to my grandmothers brooch and earrings she left me before she passed away. While elephants aren’t particularly my favorite animal, they were hers. I remember going to my grandparents house when I was a little girl and spending what seemed like hours staring at all her little elephant figurines on the shelf in their living room. After a while she noticed I had taken an interest in them and started to give me some of my own to collect. Pretty soon I had my own little collection and it was something we bonded over. My grandma was probably one of the most caring and loving people I have ever known and when she passed she left me with some of her most treasured items, but I am reminded of her the most when I put on those earrings or the matching brooch and it gives me such a happy feeling knowing that I still feel a close bond with her. She passed in 2003, and there’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about her. I miss her dearly.


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elephant ears. 



this is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
more more more!!
How fitting that the elephant is what keeps you remembering your grandma…traditionally, the elephant is said to symbolize a keen and long memory.
Had she lived to this day, she would have been very proud of you and happy for the young woman you have become.
Love you lots.
what a sweet story