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Greentext sobstory incoming:
>grandmother buys kid me a NM unlimited base set Charizard for my birthday
>knew it was the most she had ever spent on a single card for me, probably about $50 at the time, probably around 2003
>so proud and grateful, bring my cards around the corner with my new addition to show it to all my friends, who are genuinely happy for me
>live in a shithole, ghetto thug teenagers come around to make trouble with us
>get my cards stolen by one of them
Memory gap, honestly, but later that day,
>somehow get almost all of my cards back
>one of the few missing is my grandma's zard
>fucker probably traded it for a dimebag
>never tell her, too ashamed
>she develops dementia shortly after and dies maybe 15 years later
>helped my family take care of her all that time as she became increasingly hostile and forgot who everyone was
>watched her die in the hospital, she wasn't even conscious so I couldn't really say goodbye, though I tried
>childhood memory is poor, it's hard to remember the times when she wasn't sick
>still feel shitty because I let someone steal her gift to me
I want to get another Charizard in maybe LP but the prices are too much. Every time I see that card, I think of my grandmother, it's one of the few things that reminds me of when she was herself. What are my best options?
