When a parent dies, they will often hand down their jewelry to their beloved children. This is such a sad experience for anyone that having a beautiful memento of their beloved parents is a big comfort. Sometimes, parents pass far too young, and their beautiful pieces become fiercely sentimental and emotional objects for their children. That being said, many parents that pass long before their time will leave some administrative duties for their children that they did not have time to sort out during their living years. Something like the subject of inheritance might not have been solidified by a younger parent, leaving the kids to sort through their possessions. This often leads to phenomenal discoveries. As for Lydia, the death of her mother was a terribly tragic event for her. But when she uncovered something regarding her mother’s past, her understanding of the woman was shockingly changed forever…Each person has one object that they value above all others, one which has an incredible story to tell. In the case of Sara, it was that beautiful ring that was always on her finger. You wouldn’t be out of bounds assuming that it was a wedding ring, but in this case, the truth lies in another department entirely.
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A Lady Kept The Ring That Once Belonged To Her Mother On For 25 Years And Screamed When A Jeweler Revealed Something Shocking To Her
The Piece
Sara had lived her entire life as a spinster. Her family and friends knew that she was not going to tie the knot, perhaps ever. The ring that she wore was then an incredibly curious point of questioning, but Sara had never found the courage to tell everyone its secret origin and worth. Even Lydia, her daughter, had been kept in the dark. Whatever secrets this ring contained, Sara would hold onto them forever and ever.
The Piece
Darkness And Mystery
At some stage, Lydia encountered John, who she would end up marrying. Their new life together would be mostly normal, save for their occasional financial struggles. They would always pay the bills, but not without enormous labors. But this would just be one struggle in Lydia’s life. Beyond what seemed to be an eternity of money issues, Lydia would find that she would be plagued with all manner of challenges in her life, one that would take many interesting turns.
Darkness And Mystery
Welcoming Lydia
Lydia’s life has not been a walk in the park, to put it lightly. She was raised without siblings as an only child, and as a result, her mother was her best friend and the person that she loved to do things with the most. As for Lydia’s father, he could have not existed at all, given how absent he was in the young girl’s life. This would, as one can imagine, have a hugely negative effect on the child.
Welcoming Lydia
It Was Just Me And My Mother
Lydia had never had the pleasure of meeting her biological father. This was a cruel and cowardly man that had simply walked out of Sara’s life when he discovered that she had fallen pregnant. Seeing as the mysterious father had not tied the knot with Sara, he could easily escape the unplanned situation and live to tell the tale quite happily. When Lydia eventually found out the truth of her ghost of a father, she became incredibly resentful of him.
It Was Just Me And My Mother
The Missing Guardian
Raising a child on your own is an incredibly challenging and stressful process, and Lydia felt like she was in a daily struggle with her mother being her only ally. Paying for school fees was no small effort for Sara, who was forced to take up a couple of jobs to put her child through school and put food on the table at the same time. Lydia would need to help out too, and would get a job as soon as she was old enough to do so, dedicating her free time to working.
The Missing Guardian
The Industrious Pair
Despite having a difficult ride in life, the two women made the best of it, and were incredibly committed to making things as pleasant as possible. As it was the two of them against the world, they developed an incredibly powerful bond. They were best friends and partners in crime, and Sara did not have any wishes for romance. Even if she wanted to, she would have struggled to find any time to do so.
The Industrious Pair
The Amazing Relationship
As for Lydia, she was a young woman that had not had a proper experience with the opposite sex yet, and was incredibly curious. There was a man that she began developing feelings for in her workplace called John, and the two soon began striking up an incredible chemistry. Even after just a few months of dating, they became committed to serious arrangements. But even though their relationship had just gotten off the ground, the two were about to face a troubling challenge.
The Amazing Relationship
The Lovebirds
Things were getting easier for Sara and Lydia and they were actually managing to do some saving, something that they were doing their best at. Their main goal was to fund Lydia’s independence and to give her a chance to move out successfully. This could only happen when they were ready, but Sara’s biggest wish in life was that her beloved child be given the best shot at a happy life as possible. That was until the unthinkable occurred…
The Lovebirds
Funding Freedom
Lydia’s life seemed to be unfolding before her, and she felt incredibly excited to have a serious partner and home lines up. But it was when she turned 24 years old that her dear mother fell alarmingly ill. The doctors were at a loss as to what was ailing the woman, and it did not take long for Sara to fall seriously ill. Suddenly, the two women’s happy lives began crumbling. Of course, the sizeable savings that the small family had raised had to go cover Sara’s medical bills. It all seemed like a futile effort, regardless…
Funding Freedom
Sara Deteriorates
In a matter of a couple of short weeks, it soon became apparent that Sara was headed for the other side. It was largely thanks to the mysteriousness of her condition, one which doctors were unable to diagnose, even with all their many years of combined medical expertise. They were left with easing the effects of Sara’s symptoms and trying to make her suffering as bearable as possible. Lydia had to face the reality of parting ways for good with her best friend and mother.
Sara Deteriorates
No Hope
As you can imagine, Lydia was faced with a terrible struggle during this period. She was not only shattered by the loss of her dear mother, but she was now all alone in managing her family affairs, finding herself completely alone without other family members to care or help out. Sara had never been close to her relatives, who had never stepped in to help them, even in their darkest hour. Life seemed incredibly bleak for the young woman.
No Hope
Lydia Was Only 25 When Her Mother Died
Given how mercilessly burdened Lydia found herself, it is an incredible testament to her strength and determination that she did not fold from the stress. She was not completely alone, however, as her partner, John was by her side. He had been incredibly supportive throughout the entire tragic ordeal, and his encouragement strengthened the bond between the two lovebirds. While tragedy is not an ideal situation, it does bring people much closer as they deal with the problems together.
Lydia Was Only 25 When Her Mother Died
John’s Service
Lydia just wanted to quietly grieve her mother, but life was not about to give her a break. When a relative dies, it falls on the shoulders of those that they leave behind to sort their remaining affairs, the funeral being the first and most pressing concern. Sara’s funeral was a modest ceremony, with only a few people attending the open casket sendoff. When Sara’s sister’s eyes fell on her deceased sister, she uttered some words that alarmed the people around her.
Johns Service
Who Arranged The Funeral?
Although they had not been as close as she would have preferred, Sara’s sister could not help noticing that her distant sister’s ring was missing. Throughout all the trauma, Lydia had failed to notice that her mother’s precious ring was not on her lifeless hand. She was saddened to know that there was no point in searching for the thing. Not that Lydia was very concerned with an object’s place in the grand scheme of things. But as Lydia would later learn, she was connected to the ring in some incredibly unexpected ways.
Who Arranged The Funeral
Sara’s Heirloom Goes Missing
Despite the cheerless nature of the sendoff, Lydia was satisfied with how she bid farewell to her adored mother. The young woman was struggling to make sense of the situation, but at least she had some peace of mind. It had been a traumatic experience for Lydia, seeing her mother fall deathly ill so quickly, but the funeral was a cathartic moment. It would take a long time for life to get back to normal, and the ensuing events would make it so much harder.
Saras Heirloom Goes Missing
The Satisfying Sendoff
Now that the funeral had come and gone, the next point of order involved the inheritance. Lydia had never known her mother to possess much in the way of riches or luxuries, and their lives together had been difficultly humble. Sara had managed to document all her personal possessions before she passed on and whatever she had managed to put together in her life had gone to Lydia. But there was one item in particular that the surviving daughter was eager to get her hands on.
The Satisfying Sendoff
What Is Left Behind
Perhaps Sara’s sister had not realized what a profound effect her comment about Sara’s ring had made on Lydia, who was now fixated on tracking down the item. It had been incredibly special and sentimental to her mother, and Lydia could not remember a day when her mother had not worn it. But the hunt for the jewelry had become something of a headache for the already overburdened Lydia. Would she have the energy to track it down?
What Is Left Behind
The Lady Of The Ring
Lydia was shocked to learn how few material possessions her mother had survived on. The home that they lived in was not owned by them, it was merely rented. Sara also had very little in the way of savings, a far lower sum that Lydia was shocked to learn of. Sara had simply handed over most of her earnings to her daughter in the hopes that it would help her thrive and find her own place. Then there were the medical bills, which had fleeced Sara further.
The Lady Of The Ring
The Impoverished Mother
Thrift stores would claim the lion’s share of Sara’s leftover possessions, such as her clothing and furniture that had been left in the now largely empty home. Lydia found that she could not find a place for these things. There were some bits and bobs that the young woman would hang on to due to emotional reasons, however. But as the home began clearing up of clutter, that one thing that Lydia desperately wanted finally showed up. She was ecstatic!
The Impoverished Mother
The Ring Reveals Itself
As Lydia held the precious ring in her hand, she remembered the strange story that her mother told her regarding its initial discovery. As the story goes, Sara had begun cleaning people’s homes to make some extra cash at the tender age of twelve. Like her own daughter, Sara had been forced to start working from a young age to help her family along. While the then youthful Sara was cleaning one house in particular, she came across a ring that she could not help pocketing.
The Ring Reveals Itself
The Tale Of The Ring
Sara had been lucky to have been employed by various kind and friendly homeowners, and she had actually appreciated the time that she spent cleaning those happy homes and earning money doing so. That was until she entered the home of a particularly vicious woman who quickly began abusing Sara in a completely unwarranted fashion. The nastiness had begun verbally, but things soon escalated to an intolerable level. What kind of cruelty did this old monster inflict on Sara?
The Tale Of The Ring
The Heartless Boss
Whenever Sara so much as stepped out of line of the old woman’s stringent cleaning demands, she would lash out violently at Sara. The first time that it happened, Sara came close to walking out the door there and then. But she knew that she could not quit as she only had this cruel woman as a client at the time. Money was tight, and Sara could not afford to shut her only source of income down. Regardless, the abuse was starting to have a horrible effect on the small Sara.
The Heartless Boss
Sara In Darkness
No matter how badly this evil old woman treated Sara, she was always hunting for new work and never gave up on bettering her situation. It did not take her too long to find a different home to be employed within, and the moment that she found out that she had the job, she quit the abusive environment that she had been trapped in for so long in an instant. But she did not leave without snatching something from the old hag’s property – a dazzling ring that she came across on her way out.
Sara In Darkness
The Thief
Lydia comforted herself in her grief by retelling this daring story, like something out of a fairytale. She had always loved this tale, even as a young child when her mother had first told it to her, as it made her mother seem so courageous and daring. Lydia wanted to be just like her mother, and to always keep that rebellious and indomitable spirit. But was this story foolproof, or had Sara omitted some details? Lydia was bound to get the full account someday…
The Thief
Nothing But The Truth
Sara had kept that ring on from the moment that she had swiped it and kept it as a memento of her courage and heroism against the face of such a mean bully. Now, it was Lydia’s turn to wear it, and she would keep it as a sentimental memento of her beloved mom. As for the rest of the belongings, they ended up disappearing, or were sold. Not that there was that much to sell or lose in the first place.
Nothing But The Truth
The Ring Passes Onto Lydia
Lydia might have found an immense amount of comfort from wearing the ring, but the more that she stared at it, the stranger it began to look and feel. Had her mother truly stolen this ring? The entire story started sounding farfetched to the surviving daughter, who had never known her mother to break any kind of law, let alone steal a precious item. Holes were starting to form in the tale and Lydia was starting to doubt her mother’s honesty.
The Ring Passes Onto Lydia
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The Tall Tale
Sara had only done her best to be the most ideal mother imaginable to Lydia, and her daughter had only ever known her as a mother. It was weird for Lydia to imagine what her mother might have been like before she became a parent, but these were strange thoughts that made Lydia uncomfortable, and she did her best not to go down the rabbit hole. But no matter how hard someone tries to run away from the truth, it always ends up catching up with them.
The Tall Tale
Push It Out
At the end of the day, Lydia just wanted to move on with her life. She had a new one to live with John, and they were doing their best to return to business as usual while overcoming tragedy. This was a difficult time for love and intimacy, but their relationship managed to overcome the storm and was, in fact, strengthened by the test. There were some incredible developments in their bond that neither had expected
Push It Out
The Blossoming Couple
In just under a year following Sara’s funeral, the two lovebirds welcomed their initial child into the world, who they named Sammy. Lydia soon found that becoming a mother herself was the ideal manner in which to cope with losing her own, and in a positive way. Before Lydia discovered that she had a bun in the oven, however, she had engaged in some potentially harmful coping mechanisms to deal with her grief and pain.
The Blossoming Couple
Bottling It Up
Not long following her mom’s passing, Lydia had begun boozing. This was her way to numb the pain and get away from everything, and remove herself from reality. Many people will turn to substance abuse when life becomes too difficult to manage, and when the only person that loved and cared for you in your whole life passes away, you can be sure that it will be a destructive experience. John found Lydia’s new habit alarming, and he was highly concerned for his partner’s wellbeing.
Bottling It Up
A Life-Saving Blessing
When Lydia discovered that she was pregnant, however, she knew that she had to put the bottle down for good, or risk endangering her baby’s health. This was something that she was happy to do, and she found it relatively easy to quit the habit with another person’s life depending on her. But Lydia would still need another kind of recreation, and hopefully, one that was not extreme. She was the type of person that needed an outlet for her stress.
A Life Saving Blessing
Down The Drain
If Lydia had to be honest with herself, she had become an alcoholic. Whenever she felt even a tinge of misery, she would pick up the wine glass and drown her sorrows. Much time had passed since her mother had, and she was nursing many of her insecurities and negative feelings beyond the tragic passing with a bottle. She was starting to feel the hormones come on strongly thanks to her pregnancy, and when combined with the alcohol, she was beginning to spin out of control.
Down The Drain
Struggling To Escape
Lydia found that her life was becoming almost unmanageable as everything became too difficult to. These were the hardest months in Lydia’s young life and she was on the brink of giving up on it all. But then there was the pregnancy, and a new and unexpected light began shining in Lydia and John’s lives. She could now focus all her love and attention on the baby and the need to drink began weighing less intensely on her mind.
Struggling To Escape
The Way Forward
Thankfully, Lydia would drop the bottle and pick up the dumbbell, successfully managing to replace alcohol with exercise. She could never have expected that exercise would be such a wonderful and effective way to manage her emotions and feel happier. She knew that working out would only improve her mood, energy levels, and fitness, and she was enjoying seeing the results. But there was one outcome to exercise that Lydia could never have expected or dreamed of.
The Way Forward
Lydia Hits The Gym
There were so many improvements in the couples’ lives that their sense of dread and depression was starting to turn into hope and inspiration. They were so happy to see that their child was healthy and was maturing into a beautiful person. The new parents were also starting to save money, enough to finally tie the knot and embark on a truly satisfying life together. But this good fortune would not last forever, and Lydia’s life would be filled with incoming difficulties…
Lydia Hits The Gym
Flying The Nest
Sammy had finally come into adulthood and was starting to look at her options when it came to leaving home. As happy as Lydia wanted to be for her independent ‘child’, she also felt a sense of dread. Sammy had been Lydia’s main sense of purpose in life, and now that she was leaving, she could not help but feel like her main drive was being eliminated. What would Lydia do without her precious baby?
Flying The Nest
Clearing Her Mind
Lydia thought that a jog would be good for her troubled mind. This wasn’t unusual for the aging woman, who had kept up her exercise regime throughout the years and she was pleasingly fit for a woman in her age group. Whenever she thought about her alcoholic days, she could not help but feel proud of how far she had come. But this pensiveness was all too much of a distraction for someone that should have been paying attention to the street.
Clearing Her Mind
Falling Down
In Lydia’s distracted state of mind, she failed to notice that a large branch was in her way, and she fell over it. Lydia was not about to fall flat on her face, however, and she was quick enough to throw her hand out to catch her fall. Lydia took a moment to catch her breath and check that she had not been injured before standing back up again. But as the woman began raising herself, she saw that something had gone terribly wrong.
Falling Down
Shattered Memories
As Lydia carefully looked herself over, she realized that something had broken. It wasn’t a bone or a body part, but it may as well have been, as she stared at her ring in horror. It had shattered, that beautiful piece that she kept so safely on her hand for 25 years. That crucial connection that she had to her mother had been destroyed, and she could not stop herself from weeping openly on that sidewalk. She had to get back home, and quickly.
Shattered Memories
John To The Rescue
Lydia burst in through her home’s front door in a wild state, and John was alarmed to see his wife in such a mess. Lydia urged her man to repair the ring, hoping that his incredible DIY skills would come through this time. John took one look at the cracked piece and knew that this was beyond him, and he was not about to risk damaging it further. All that John could do was advise his wife to take the ring to a proper jeweler for a proper fix.
John To The Rescue
Could They Fix It?
You can be sure that Lydia did not waste a minute as she got into her car and zoomed toward town where the nearest jeweler was. She frantically rushed into the store, and the jeweler saw that something very important to the upset woman had been damaged. He looked at the ring, and soon assured Lydia that he could repair the piece without breaking the bank. Lydia was relieved to hear that the ring was not beyond repair, but her peace of mind would soon be shattered after the jeweler took a closer look at the ring.
Could They Fix It
The Sole Jeweler
The couple in question had lived their entire lives within the exact same town. This was the identical place where Sara and Lydia had passed their entire lives together, and where Lydia would eventually encounter John. In all their years, the two had only ever known a single jeweler in the small town, one that she had never needed to visit in all her life. Of course, Lydia had never had much money spare for jewelry, but when she finally walked into the store, it soon dawned on her why she had never walked in through the front doors.
The Sole Jeweler
Barred Doors
In her hysteria and rush to get the ring into safe hands, Lydia had completely forgotten a crucial warning that her mother had imparted onto her before passing. Sara had once waved her finger in Lydia’s face with grave concern, saying that her daughter was never to walk into that jeweler’s shop. Lydia had never really wondered why her mother had so strongly cautioned her against walking into this place, not that it had never mattered, as she had never been well off enough for treats like these.
Barred Doors
The Knowing Jeweler
Despite Lydia’s panicked state upon entering the jeweler’s store, the professional had smiled at her and said hello kindly to the sole customer in his shop. Lydia hurriedly explained what had happened while she was out for a run, and urged the jeweler to fix the ring. But as the man leaned in to inspect the ring, his eyes widened as he realized that this was not his first time holding the piece, something that he told Lydia, despite being unable to remember where and when.
The Knowing Jeweler
Lydia Explains Everything
Lydia hesitated for a moment and gathered her panicked thoughts before beginning the story of the ring. She told the curious jeweler about how her mother had come into possession of the ring, and how she was so young and afraid when it had happened. While Lydia described how her mother had swiped the piece, the jeweler halted the woman and claimed that this story could not possibly be true. Lydia would be bowled over when the man revealed something related to the story.
Lydia Explains Everything
You’re Lying!
The jeweler was an expert, and knew this ring better than Lydia could ever have expected. He began revealing all manner of details on the ring that proved that it could not have been found in the time that Sara had claimed. While the jeweler was telling what he believed to be the real tale of the ring, he suddenly fell quiet and his eyes began popping in shock. He darted off and fetched something from the store.
Youre Lying
The Dusty Catalog
The jeweler dashed off to the area in the back and produced a tiny and dusty book. It turned out to be a historical catalog of the shop’s inventory, all the way back to 1968. The jeweler began paging through the catalog excitedly, running his finger down a few pages until he found exactly what he was looking for. He kept his finger on some important detail as he turned the swiveled the catalog around to show Lydia, who soon mirrored the jeweler’s shock as her eyes fell on that revealing detail.
The Dusty Catalog
Sara’s Ring
Lydia saw as she read the details in the catalog, that the ring had actually belonged to her mother! How was this possible? The jeweler revealed that this was how he had known where and when he had first seen this ring, one that had come into being years prior to his employment. But the jeweler had done so much more than just produce the catalog while he was in the back area, as the shop’s records would produce more fascinating details.
Saras Ring
The Heist, Half A Century Old
This ring had been thieved from the shop all the way back in 1969! There was no doubt in the jeweler’s mind as he had matched the serial numbers up. Lydia was at a loss for words as a hot flush of fear and embarrassment began creeping up her neck and face. Had her mother truly lifted the ring from this store? Why would she commit such a serious crime? That was when it dawned on Lydia…
The Heist
It Could Only Have Been Sara
Lydia was born in 1969 to an absent father who would soon leave her mother upon discovering that his partner was pregnant. Sara, Lydia’s mother, then found herself in a desperate situation when she had almost no money to care for the baby Lydia. The thievery probably began out of need. Lydia could not excuse her mother’s crimes, but she appreciated how far her mother had gone to provide for them. She looked to the jeweler, who had one positive thing to surprisingly bring to the story.
It Could Only Have Been Sara
You Can Have It
It had been a whirlwind of emotions for Lydia, who now feared that the jeweler would call the police. But he was not about to involve anyone in this situation. In fact, he told Lydia that she could keep the ring! The police were unlikely to arrest anyone for a crime that had been committed decades ago, anyway. This was a jeweler with a big heart, who knew that this ring’s worth went far beyond the material for Lydia, far beyond any money that he could have made off it.
You Can Have It
The Mysterious Piece
If Lydia doubted whether the jeweler could make such a call, her fears were erased when he revealed that he was the store’s owner! But he would take his kindness a step further when he told Lydia that he would be fixing the ring and polishing it back to its original shine, free of charge. Lydia was overjoyed, but she could not hid her dark curiosity regarding the full extent of her mother’s career as a thief. What else had she been kept in the dark about?
The Mysterious Piece
Undying, Undeniable Love
Like most children, Lydia knew that there were many mysteries and secrets about her mother that would go with her to the grave. But this was not the point at the end of the day, as Lydia realized that her mother had done everything to provide for her and get the small family through life. Lydia knew that her mother would have sacrificed everything to keep her safe, clothed, and fed. This knowledge made the special ring so much more incredible.
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Undying Undeniable Love
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