What is the proper etiquette for dealing with my deceased Mom’s jewelry?
I think that first and foremost, your father should determine if your stepmother actually does want a piece of jewelry that belonged to her husband’s first wife? I wouldn’t want anything that belonged to my husband’s first wife (although that was a divorce, and the ex-wife has been unreasonably nasty to me). theoretically, if my husband had been widowered instead of divorced when I met him, I’d rather the jewelry get passed on to the kids and I got something new. Of course, I don’t really care for jewelry all that much, at least not the precious stone pass-on-to-kids variety, so YMMV.
