House of Alcina

What personal belongings do you hold most dear?

• Several pieces of nice jewelry Gary has given me through the years

• My mother’s journals and her Bible study notes

• Her memoir she left the kids

• My grandmother’s jewelry

• My mother’s pearls

• Her wedding rings

• Four generations of Bibles

• My great-grandparents’ marriage license

• Jay’s guitars

• Jay’s cross necklace and drawings

• My grandfather’s paintings

• Stories my grandfather has written

• A few other pieces of jewelry I’ve inherited over the years

• A plastic ring from a bubblegum machine Gary got me on our first date

• My father’s Stetson cowboy hat (still in the box)

• His Ralph Lauren cologne (25 years old)

• My children’s photos and artwork