Submission from my sister Tara: Simple Heart
My Mother gave me this heart locket many, many years ago, and it quickly became a very special part of my material entourage…the locket was one that she had worn as a young girl, while still courting my Father, which held two very young and innocent photos of them. I have had the locket since I was a young girl myself, and when wearing it one day in high school, (I’m not even sure it had been gifted to me at that point, it was still a loan) I opened the locket to look at their photos like I had done so many times before, but this time, when I looked at it, I discovered that my Mother’s photo seemed to be bulging out a tiny bit, so I removed the photo and found a tiny piece of paper folded up with my Father’s words….”I love you darling” aparently torn from a letter he’d sent to her from when he was stationed in the Air Force. I was so excited with my discovery , and the necklace became even more special to me from that day forward. I wore the necklace with the simple black cord it was given to me on, and realized soon after that it needed a more special place to hang from, and from my great interest in jewelry making and beading, I chose some special stones to adorn the locket with, and made a more worthy necklace. The years have passed, my parents are both gone now, and the locket is ever more special…
