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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 2262684, member: 111&quot;]Years ago, a family member gave my late brother Ken a heavy 14K rope chain, not at all my brother&#039;s style - when he dressed up, he wore a huge Navajo turquoise ring and a similar watchband, otherwise just a basic watch.&nbsp; He genuinely disliked the chain (partially because of the giver), was having some money problems and asked me to sell it for him, but instead our Mom took him to her jeweler,&nbsp; asked what the retail price would be, and then she bought it from him, really to give him more than I&#039;d have gotten on eBay.&nbsp; She wore it occasionally, though it was heavy for her, and she eventually told me to take it, but it made me a bit uncomfortable for a couple of reasons, so I just left it in her jewelry box.</p><p><br /></p><p>After Mom passed last year, just four months after my brother, I pulled out a large and beautiful 18K yellow and white gold swan pendant I&#039;d given her about 30 years ago and wore for a few weeks, it gave me some comfort, but then I tried on Ken&#039;s chain and somehow it felt like they&#039;d both be happy I was wearing it.&nbsp; The swan pendant bale was too small, and it didn&#039;t really look right anyway, so I embarked on a search for an appropriate piece to wear on the heavy chain, having little luck in a reasonable price range, and then I ran across an antique 9K pendant with a large agate cabochon, almost certainly a fob charm.&nbsp; I was looking for something sturdy that I could wear daily, fairly simple in design, and nothing that would only work with certain colors - I pondered on the pendant for a few weeks, half wishing that someone would use the Buy-It-Now and make the decision for me, but no such luck and it finally arrived from the UK yesterday.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve worn it for several hours now and it&#039;s quite comfortable - I&#039;m a dishwater-blonde with light olive skin, and it seems to blend with my coloring, but most of all it reminds me of the colors in my Mom&#039;s honey-brown eyes, the same eyes as mine, and I&#039;m happy with my new everyday pendant...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Crummy pics (will have my jeweler put on a more substantial bale):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256812[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256813[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256814[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256815[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Even crummier selfie - I like the way it complements my freckles (okay, they&#039;re age spots):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256816[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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