Something Old and Something Blue

It was the morning of November 25th, 1995. My wedding day.

I still lived at home, and as I was finishing up getting ready in my bedroom in the late morning, Mom came in and asked me to sit down on my bed with her so she could show me something.

In her hand was a GORGEOUS bracelet, made of silver and tiny blue sapphires. She told me that it was my grandmother Amelia Moger's bracelet, given to her by her soon-to-be husband as a courting gift, circa early 1920s.

Then Mom fastened it on my wrist, and told me that it was her wedding gift to me:

Something old and something new,

Something borrowed and something blue.