I really absolutely adore so many things about creating these leather cuffs with just the right words someone might want to wear.  I love that it all began with the right words for my son when he was really struggling.  Even more amazing that I can wrap friends up in the right words when they have lost a loved one.  It just goes on and on.  Tonight I was checking in on my son who had minor surgery today.  I hadn’t seen him in the bracelet that sort of started it all lately and yet, when I found him, he had wrapped his iv spot in his mama’s words and I just can’t think of anything more lovely.  It doesn’t take the pain away.  It’s not magic.  It just reminds him that he is loved and he is not alone.  What more do we really need when times are tough…or even when we have joy to share?  That’s really the point of it all I think. 
It was so gratifying to experience visiting with people at a benefit as I sold my cuffs (which I don’t usually do…I am lucky to know amazing professionals who rock that piece).  I just talked about what I do and why and how and noticing how my story resonated with others was just another layer of lovely.  Watching them find just the right word for themselves or their daughter or their friend?  It was all this beautiful pile of good smashed up on a weekday evening.
It makes you wonder…is it really supposed to be this good?  Who wants to walk around feeling all mushy and glowing?  I think it is, and I guess I will try to get used to it (odds are I will step on a Lego in the morning, but whatever…it’s still just golden around here).