Shield and Reward

Ever feel numb, like your heart has developed callouses?  Sometimes we have to see someone else with what we yearned for to penetrate the callouses and remind us of our deep desires. To make us admit the loss we keep denying. This happened to me today. I saw a photo on FB (I know, big…

Priceless

Around the turn of the 20th century, my great uncle bought an exquisite necklace with a small watch on it in Paris.  The chain was embedded with amethyst and the watch was delicate.  He gave it to his beloved wife, my mother’s aunt.  Somehow my mother came to own it and much later it came…