When we attended my daughter’s graduation, my sister-in-law and her husband stayed in the same motel we were in. And the attendant was nice enough to place us in rooms adjacent to each other. The motel was about 20 minute-drive to Stanford U. Every time we went for a walk, to eat, or to drive to Stanford U, all we had to do was walk a couple of steps and knock at their door.  Convoying was so easy and convenient.

Anyway, one night we decided to hang out in our room for a while before bedtime. My husband misses his sister so much so whenever possible he likes to spend time with her. Boy, they can talk for hours and never run out of topics to talk about.  Once in a while I threw in a few words here and there if the topic was of interest to me..he he.  They took walks together, and ate breakfast together.

Then my sis-in-law’s husband came in bringing a small rectangular golden box that resembled a Godiva chocolate box.  Surprisingly, he handed it to me. With the many pounds I have been putting on lately, chocolate is one of the many temptations I try to avoid as much as possible because once I see it, I will eat it. That is how irresistible it is for me. I was hesitant to accept the box. He said, “just take it and open it,” or something like that.

When I opened the box, I was so amazed with what I saw. It was a beautiful unique piece of jewelry of his late grandmother made out of a bunch of Filipino/American ten centavo-coins from 1945 to 1951, strung together to form a one-of-a-kind necklace. Evidently, his late grandmother had it custom made somewhere in the Philippines in the early 1950′s.

In disbelief, I asked him for sure if he wanted me to have the jewelry. He said, “yes!” I said, “thank you so much!” I must have said “thank you” several times. I was really touched and appreciative to have been given such a unique and beautiful of jewelry. Both my sis-in-law and J thought the jewelry would be more fitting on me being that I am a Filipino. And then he said to pass it on to one of my daughters when the time comes. Of course, I will.  Thank you both!

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