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Fashion Friday: The Little Things

Yesterday was another Friday, and this time the post gets a little bit more personal.  Sometimes, it's not all about the hottest trends, it's about the little things.  Before my grandfather died, he had made a bunch of jewelry out of sterling silver and stones.  When he died my cousin, Sarah, gave me one of them.  That way, we both had something made by him.  I could never express how much that meant to me, and when she unexpectedly passed a few years later, I could never have been more grateful.  It has given me so much, because I can associate it with fond memories, conversations, and holidays I've had with both of them.  I can also turn to it when there are those days where I really miss being able to talk or hug them, and just need a little time.   The following Christmas, my grandma gave me a small box.  In it was a scarf that had belonged to my grandpa.  She knows I always wear them, which was the reason for her giving that ...