Charm Bracelet

When I was a kid, I had a charm bracelet. This one, as a matter of fact.

I don't remember wearing it all that often, although maybe I did - there's a LOT of stuff I don't remember.

My mom made it for me. There's a random assortment of stuff on there - a "C" for my first name, an incredibly awkward photo of me in middle school (I'm pretty sure it's on there to keep me humble, for I was truly a gawky and weird looking kid), and random charms to symbolize different times in my life.

A teeny ring I wore when I was a baby.

An anchor for my dad's Navy career.

A couple of different Girl Scout emblems.

A medal that I wore pinned to my diaper when I was an infant.

A couple of other medals that I'm not sure of the significance, but they are there. 

A ballerina - for I took ballet from the time I was 7 until I was pregnant with Mackenzie. A long time, indeed.

Recently, I was cleaning out my jewelry and found the bracelet. I put it on - there's not a lot thin about me, but my wrists are ridiculously small - and realized that it still fits. I have a couple of random charms - one I was given at Blissdom, among others - and I thought I might go and get a few more. To update the bracelet, make it more personable to who I am now.

Maybe a coffee cup. A martini glass. A computer. A book. A pair of boxing gloves. Maybe something for each of my kids.

I really want a Pandora bracelet, but that won't be in my budget for quite a while, and I think I'll ultimately be happier with this.

There's a lot of memories in this bracelet, and I want to keep it in my field of vision.

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Today I am thankful for my mom. She's always there for my kids, always helpful in a myriad of small ways and is a comfortable, non judgemental sounding board. Thanks, Mom.

Comments

[addy]

Love the bracelet. Never had one. And yes I would like a Pandora as well. Maybe in my next lifetime.

[Carly Gonzalez]

I love your little charm bracelet. I love that after all these years you still have it. It has history <3 My grams has had one since she was a kid. I remember asking her what different charms meant to her when I was a little girl and it melts my heart when I now hear my nieces ask those very same questions twenty years later.

[Karen]

I think this has so much more character than a Pandora bracelet. Add the new charms and wear it - I think I will go find my old one and wear it too.

[Paige Low]

Now that's a bracelet that suits every personality! =) That unique piece of jewelry serves as a mini-time capsule which contains your past memories from childhood to teenage years. If I were to send a birthday gift to a debutante, I would choose a similar bracelet, but it would include pieces from the girl's jewelry box.