OK, as promised, the reason my new pendant has to settle for bracelet and won’t likely make it to necklace anytime soon. The reason is this:
This is the necklace I wear just about every day. My wonderful husband gave it to me last year when we got married. It is one of my most prized possessions. FOR SO MANY REASONS.
---It is opal, my birthstone, which I don’t think Hubbikins knew when he bought it. This is the kind of thing he just does SO VERY RIGHT, without even realizing he is trying. Seems spirituality does that for a person. The universe just loves on you and you do amazing things without even really participating.
---It has inscribed in the actual stone the most beautiful bible verse re: wives. Many daughters are virtuous, but you have exceeded them all. -Proverbs 31. Are you familiar with Prov. 31? It is the beautiful and dreadfully impossible outline of what a wife should be. (She gets up while it is still dark?!? Eep.) Much like everything else God wants, I try with all my heart every day to conform to it, and live with the lovely humility that I WILL FAIL.)
---It will not be ignored. When I first saw it, I thought “Oh, I can’t wear that. Too big. Too flashy.” Hub actually presented me with two versions, this one and a smaller one. I wasn’t writing a safe-road chapter in my life, so I said a little WHAT THE HECK and, at his encouragement, chose this one. He was right, course. Since then, I’m more likely to take his suggestions, which are usually about me becoming a bit bigger, a tad flashier, and refusing to be ignored.
Lots of people notice it. They ask me what’s special about it, what is in it. I love telling them. I’m proud that this is how my husband feels about me. The wistful sighs of the young girls and the quiet, approving nods of the saints confirm for me, once again, that Hubbikins and I got it just right. Finally.
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