The rings and bracelets I wear my heart on my wrists and hands, literally. They each have deep sentimental value and represent lifelong commitments to friends, sisters and women who formed the core of my being. My wedding band symbolizes the commitment to a friend of over 30 years of trust, honor and not obeying but compromising so that we both win. When a dear friend died earlier this year, I had her ashes made into a cocktail ring semiprecious stone and inherited all of her costume jewelry rings that were her fashion statement. The rest of my portion of her ashes sit appropriately in her jewelry box.
Four bracelets I am rarely without are the birthstones of self, mother, BFF and one for the brilliant blue of my grandmother's eyes.
