The Christmas Tale of the Titanic Necklace

“What is the best Christmas present you ever received?” people often ask.

I have one of the more sentimental answers to this question. This story I love telling and truly shows how blessed I am to have a mother like I do.

Back around 1998-1999, my Mom, Suzanne, who was a fan of Avon makeup and jewelry at the time, gave me a catalog from her workplace and asked if there was anything in there I would like to get.

I looked through the book anxiously wanting to find something I would like, and this was around the time of the popularity of the film, Titanic. Lo and behold in the catalog was the “du...