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Mother's Day Jewelry

Mother's Day jewelry is a terrific gift to present to mums, but there are some things to consider, as this article explains ...

Mother's Day jewelry is a definite winner when it comes to the special holiday for moms in May. Most people who choose this option for a gift for this occasion often look to birthstones as the foundation for the design. This is also a definite winning choice for moms. There is nothing more precious than something that represents our children.

There are some things to consider when making this purchase, though. First of all you have to ask yourself if this mom is ready for Mothers Day jewelry. Some moms are still in their child-bearing years when they are given their birthstone gems as gifts. This might not be the best idea because another little one may come along.

This very thing happened in my family. My mother had four children when she was quite young. We were all growing into adulthood and we decided to buy her Mothers Day jewellery for her special day one year. Her youngest child was sixteen years old and she had no plans of having another.

She loved her Mothers Day jewelry present with one stone representing each of her children. The design was perfect because she had two December babies and two August babies. The birthstones were arranged with alternating colors just in the order that we were born. The gift of the Mothers Day jewelry was well received but it was a little early.

The following year my mother discovered that she was going to have another child at the ripe old age of 38. This news came as a shock to the entire family. None of us thought about her Mothers Day jewelry until the following May. We knew that her ring needed to be reworked to fit the October baby’s birthstone into the design.

Of course, my mother was way too swelled up to wear her ring as it came time for her to have the baby. The last two months of pregnancy she wore her Mothers Day jewelry around her neck. This did not help us with our scheme of getting the ring to the jeweler for the addition. We definitely didn’t want her to get upset by the notion of losing her prized possession.

I chose to tell her that I was going to have her Mothers Day jewelry cleaned and serviced at the jeweler’s store. I took nearly every piece of fine jewelry she owned so she wouldn’t become suspicious. When I arrived back with the new and improved Mothers Day jewelry she broke down in tears with relief that her ring was updated to suit the family. Now she just needed to wait for the swelling to go down so she could wear it on her finger.

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