I called my sister to ask her why it is that I saw her favorite ring at our local jewelry store for sale. She told me that she really needed the money and that is the most valuable thing that she owned so she knew that she could get a lot from it. I told her that if she was selling gold jewelry to a store then things must be bad. She said that her husband lost his job and their savings was running out quickly.

I told her that she needed to look in her jewelry box and get out all the old pieces and how selling old gold for scrap can make you a lot of money these days too. She told me that she had already been selling old gold for scrap before her husband lost his job, just for extra cash. There was pretty much nothing left at this point which is why she sold the ring.

I really wish that I had known that my sister was selling gold for a while now, just to get by. I would have helped her out in any way that I could have. I know that she is too proud to take a handout and apparently it is too late for a loan of any kind, so I will just have to be here for moral support but I am going to go and buy back her favorite ring and keep it in a safe place to give back to her in the future when things are looking up.