A Celebration of My Journey Through Charms

Each day I'm a different person than the day before.  With God's help, and all that I've made it through, I wake up a stronger person.  I wake up wiser with the knowledge of another day behind me.  And somehow I am getting to a place of acceptance concerning our journey to parenthood.

That's got to count for something.

To celebrate and represent my journey, I had the idea to make a charm bracelet.  I really like the look of the Pandora charm bracelets, but honestly cannot afford one right now.  So I looked other places to design my bracelet.  I was pleased when I found Michaels carries two lines that look similar to the designer brand.  Using coupons and buying items on sale, I made a charm bracelet for a fraction of what a Pandora bracelet would cost.  In fact my whole bracelet, beads and all, cost as much as one measly charm would from Pandora.  Nice, huh?

Each charm and bead are symbolic to me.  And I will wear this bracelet proudly as it represents part of who I am.

I adore my charm bracelet, but here's saying I wouldn't mind a real honest to goodness Pandora one too.  Maybe someday. (Nudge nudge, husband!)