Family Drama and My New Ring

As you all know my grandmother passed away in May at the age of 100. Prior to her death, my dad told me that he was going to give me her cocktail ring. It's a large blue topaz set in yellow gold with 3 tiny diamonds on each side of the topaz. It's beautiful, but after being worn for 60 or more years, it's a bit banged up. I was just honored that my dad wanted me to have it. On the day of her memorial service he gave it to me. I've kept it in my jewelry box and had planned to take it to a jeweler to have the prongs and setting repaired.

My aunt had flown in from California for the memorial service and to spend a couple of weeks here in Michigan visiting my dad (her brother) and my aunt (her sister), etc. Apparently everything was fine while she was here. Well as soon as she got back to CA, she typed up a letter and sent it to my dad and aunt demanding the ring and money and who knows what else. Needless to say my dad is absolutely livid. There's a lot of drama between those two and it's way too much to even attempt to write down. Suffice it to say that my dad and his other sister are the ones who have taken care of my grandma in the last 40 years since she lost her husband. They've done all the work. I'm not sure if/when he'll ship her the ring, but he didn't want me to have to be in the middle. Therefore he asked me to give him the ring, so then if my aunt calls me I will just tell her that I gave it back to dad for him to ship to her.

I met him for lunch yesterday as he was on his way back from his home in Ohio to his cottage in northern Michigan. He stopped by the cemetery to visit my grandma's grave, and then we met for lunch nearby. I sat down and gave him the ring, but he then pulled out a gift bag for me. He felt so bad about what my aunt is doing that he bought me an absolutely gorgeous pink sapphire ring. My birthday is in September, so the sapphire is my birthstone. It is in 14k white gold with 3 little diamonds on each side. It is very similar to my grandma's ring, just a bit more modern and of course pink. It will be my special occasion/cocktail ring and I will always remember with special meaning the reason behind it. Thanks Dad! Here's a picture of it. Once I get it sized I'll take a picture of it on my right hand.