Recycle your Love

38 Marbles

     In Marble 74, I wrote about my bulletin board of cards, photos, and inspirational quotes.  A few marbles later, while I was at work, a woman came and sat in my section wearing some major bling.  As I was admiring it, it didn’t immediately register that it was the same bling that I had a photo of on my board. This was the jewelry that I loved when I saw it at a craft show about a year ago.
     I told the woman who was wearing the jewels that I loved them. It turns out, she was the designer. As we talked, she told me that she had a “recycle your love” program in which she would take any old gold or silver jewelry and melt them down to create something new for a fraction of the price. 
     This sounded perfect for me - I loved her jewelry but didn’t really have the funds for it. I did have, however, an old ring of my mother’s with a setting that I didn’t care for.  I also had some old baubles given to me in the "past lives" of old relationships that I didn’t really care to wear anymore.  All of these items could be melted together and alchemically made into something that I loved. 
     The new ring is blingier than ever, but it’s something that I enjoy wearing. At once, it’s a symbol of my mother and where I came from and it’s a reminder how all the relationships that have come before have shaped me into who I am today.  What I also know is that when I pass it down to my daughter, she will probably melt it down and make it into something that represents who she is. And so it goes.

Do you appreciate those who have helped shape you into who you are now?  Do you take what they have given you and shape it into what is uniquely yours? 

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