My sister and I inherited our grandmother's jewelry together and we both want the same pieces, but more than that we both want to be the one who carries on her memory, and we can't figure out how to share something that feels like it represents our whole relationship with her.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are fighting over objects when they're really negotiating who gets to be the keeper of family history.
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