My beautiful new bracelet arrived 
It’s exactly what I was looking for. If you haven’t heard or read the story of my bracelet, about 2 weeks ago I started looking all over for a piece of jewelry to celebrate healing. I searched and searched everywhere to find just the right thing would represent everything I wanted it to represent, and here it is!! I am so excited.
My Healing Bracelet
Did I say how excited I am??? (Sorry about the lousy photo). Here’s what the bracelet stands for:
- The bracelet itself is in commemoration of 20 years since I first talked about my experiences as a child and 15 years since what I like to refer to as “The Great Healing”… if you’ve never heard my healing story, ask me sometime, it’s pretty cool.
- Blue – the blue is the color that represents child abuse awareness (their ribbon color), it is to remind me of where I have been, and what I have overcome with God’s help.
- Pearl - The symbol of purity, spiritual growth, and all things beautiful inside of us. A reminder not to keep the beautiful things locked inside where no one can see them. A pearl is beautiful, but it can not be appreciated while it is hidden in the oyster. It is also the symbol of Christ.
- Silver – Silver symbolized the acceptance of struggle and growth through experience. It reminds me that there is something good to be taken from every situation.
- The Strength Charm – reminds me that God has given me the strength to face anything and that I am a strong person.
- The Courage Charm reminds me that I had the courage to face head on what most people avoid facing.
Together the strength and courage remind me that I not only have had strength and courage in the past, but that those remain within me for any problem I might encounter.
- The Faith charm is to remind me that faith needs to be the center of everything. Without faith I have none of the others, but with faith, I can do anything.
- The Ribbon dangly charm at the back (isn’t that cute!) reminds me that through sharing the stories of our journeys with others, we share our strength, bring awareness, and help heal both ourselves and others.
Thank you to Melinda at http://www.mpdesignsjewelry.com/ for designing the perfect bracelet and making a minor tweak to it for me!
Beautiful! The bracelet AND you! Thank you for sharing!
That is so sweet of you. Thank you! That especially means a lot from someone who knew me during the 5 year period between first disclosing and actually healing !! The crazy… sometimes great, often not so great years!
[...] My bracelet – just wearing it is filling me with courage and strength. [...]
This is so beautiful! I love that you have just the perfect thing to wear that has so much deep meaning for you personally, and it is also something that can be a great conversation starter and enable you to speak out even more. So awesome. (and now I want one!)
Thanks for sharing this with the Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse. I love sharing in your excitement!
Thanks! I love it, I’ve worn it everyday and it feels truly empowering!
Such a symbolic bracelet and would provide many survivors with reminders of their strength, courage and faith. Love the blue colour.
Thank you, I was so happy with how it came out too! The amazing thing was she already had the design, but it PERFECTLY matched what I was looking for!
Great. Thanks so much for sharing this here. I love the bracelet. I think it is beautiful. Good and healing thoughts to you.
Kate
I LOVE it. You make me want to get one for myself. I especially appreciate all the symbolism. I’m so happy for you!
What wonderful symbolism! Congratulations and thanks for sharing with us…especially for the blog carnival.
I am a survivor of child sexual abuse. I always thought I was his only victim so I remained silent until I recently found out he had continued with others. He was arrested based on my statement. I had been looking for something to represent how I feel and I found your bracelet. I hope you do not mind, I purchased one tonight. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for letting me know Dawn. I don’t mind at all, it makes me happy to think that I might have helped someone else a little bit with my ideas. I hope your bracelet means as much to you as mine does to me.
Dawn, if you are still struggling to deal with it all, you should consider coming over to my other blog http://www.adivinewalk.com . I’m adding all kinds of information over there that is helpful for survivors.