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I remember when my grandmother bought her mood ring, this little piece of cheap metal covered in blue shiny material. We were passing by a flea market in our family vacations and it caught everybody’s attention. This little piece of metal changed color as fast as you put it on and it’s color represented the emotions you were feeling at the time, or so we were told. Obviously it was not worth buying. Even at a little age, I knew it had nothing to do with the wearer’s emotions, but my grandmother bought it anyways. At first I did not understand why someone would like to buy this scrap of metal or even worse; wear it. As the days went by, it became a habit of hers to show my family everyday how blue the ring was, because she according to her, when the ring was blue as the sea it meant she was happy. I was perplexed. How come someone actually believed that a small cheap ring actually represented the wearer’s mood by changing color? Was she so naïve? I constantly told her that those rings don’t work. I even researched to find out how the ring worked and found out how the ring worked and how the colors were supposed to change depending on the wearer’s body temperature. It had nothing to do with moods or emotions, it was only a cheap trinket. It was until I grew up that I found out a pattern. Through sad times, she always found comfort by watching her ring still being blue. Even through her happiest days, she found time to pause for a moment  to  see the ring’s color, just to make sure it was still that dark deep blue, she connected with happiness. Every single day she wear it, and I thought about my departed grandfather, to whom my grandmother loved very much, or even my great grandfather and great grandmother, who were always there for my grandma. I realized that the ring was so much more than a novelty, but it meant hope and not giving up. Because although people are lost in one’s journey, remembering them is what keeps them alive. The ring pushed her to keep being happy and appreciating the beautiful experiences she still has to go by. After realizing this, I understood why she always showed us how blue was her ring, unconsciously she is trying to tell us how much she cares about us, and how much she enjoys having us with her. 10 years later, she still wears that ring everyday, because it somewhat reminds her of simpler times.