I have said before that I would make some posts so that someday when someone has to go through my stuff and thinks, "What the hell?!?" - well they would at least know some of the reasons. I think explaining this odd & kinda creepy pin will be a large benefit to that person. When I was younger we lived with my grandmother. She was not all warm and lovey dovey by I still thought the world of her. She was protective and caring plus taught me my prayers as well as manners. She was wonderful to me. During the summer my family would rent a cottage in York Beach Maine. It was always a blast but my grandmother never came with us. I would miss her terribly so I would send her postcards, of course, but one year while digging around Pop's Sea Shell Shack I came across this treasure of a pin. I was probably like 8 years old. I had money for the arcade but knew I needed to get this pin as a present for my grandmother instead of playing some more skeeball. She wore a watch everyday without fail - puzzle pieces falling in place in place for you all? But other than her watch she wore no other jewelry still I just decide that it was the perfect gift for her. Maybe it is the ruby eyes - who knows.
When I returned from the beach I gave the pin to my grandmother. She loved it. She never wore jewelry so she never wore it but she kept a cigar box with her important papers in it (I am not making this up). So with her insurance papers, birth certificates, and deed to the house she kept this pin - that makes me happy to this day. When I was in MA last June I was going through stuff with my mother. She pulled the pin out of the box and said, "I don't know the story behind this one or why it is in her box of important papers but you can have it if you want." I told my mother, "I know what it is. I bought that one year while we were off at the beach and gave it to her." My mother then told me, "I was always curious why she kept that in the box of her most important things and now I know." And know you know too.
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