It's More Than JUST Jewelry

I recently read an article on Oprah.com by Allison Gilbert titled, "Why Looking at a Photo Can Ease Loneliness and Grief."

I’d like to read the article to you because I think it explains why, if you’re anything like me, I hoard anything I’m given of my dad’s. 

I have every award he won, the tag from the mortuary, all his old desk items, old t-shirts, his digital watch, his signature stamp – side note: would an ink stamp be considered a legally bound signature?

Ok, so you get it. If anyone hands me anything that used to be my dad’s, I’ll take it! And I’ll keep it! Why is this??? Let's read this article on nostalgia...   

Once considered a form of depression, nostalgia is getting a second look from psychologists, who increasingly see it as a source of strength.

http://www.oprah.com/health_wellness/how-nostalgia-relieves-loneliness-and-grief

On the first episode of "It's More Than Just Jewelry", Jen Carey, CEO and co-founder of The Modern Bazaar, shares the story of her father's death and explains how this all got started....