oh sujin, thank you for your reply. my grandmother did the same thing. she would let me play in her jewelry box. i took great joy in untangling the necklaces and matching up earrings and wearing things. this necklace is a little artist's pallette with paintbrushes on it. my grandmother was an artist and i grew up to go to an art college and am now a photographer. it means so much to me and i'm heartbroken over this. i've got all kinds of anxiety problems too and this is just making me sick.