Such an inspirational story!
A few more like these might be lost in the hoard, but I know I only have one left exactly like these and it's in a bulk jewelry destash at our other shop, VintageToGoEasy, here. Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
Here is the story:
I have 7 girls and i wanted to give them these lockets for Easter. Both of my parents have passed away in the last 3 years. I thought pics of them would be a good way for them to always have them near. Thank you so much! These are going to be perfect
Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
Here is what I wrote back:
Wow! I am so happy to hear these are going to become matching Easter keepsakes for 7 girls! As a recovering hoarder,I am so thankful these are going to have such a wonderful new life and home with you all!
Thank you for sharing, you've made my day! I will add your story to my Hoarder Rehab and the Destiny of things blog and keep you anonymous!
Kindest regards,
Kennedy
These are only 5 in this photo, but she did get seven and they are pretty large lockets, so a good sized photo could fit inside. A few more like these might be lost in the hoard, but I know I only have one left exactly like these and it's in a bulk jewelry destash at our other shop, VintageToGoEasy, here.
Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
I am so thankful that these found new lives and such a good home with seven daughters with their grandparents photos inside them to keep them close to their hearts. Of course, I'd love to the lockets with the photos inside and am already wondering.....
Did each locket have the same photo of the their grandparents? or did each locket get a different photo of them, like their grandparents holding each as a baby when they were first born. or their favorite photo of their grandparents and on and on. Overthinking again!
A few more like these might be lost in the hoard, but I know I only have one left exactly like these and it's in a bulk jewelry destash at our other shop, VintageToGoEasy, here.Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
Saying Goodbye: When I was a child, I loved lockets and were given many as gifts. I wore them often too, but I never did put any photos inside them. Probably because as an over thinker I couldn't decide on which photos to add. I still have them and maybe as I find them, I'll put the photos of whoever gave them to me inside them and make one large locket charm bracelet!
What I Learned:
1. I wonder if my over thinking goes along with my hoarding. Thinking about mindless things, like wondering which grandparents photos went into those lockets is not exactly how I want to use up all my brain power for the day, but I do like to dwell on things like that.
2. Speaking about being mindless, I seem to forget that I'm getting old and just can not do as much lifting as I did in the past. I was working away in the hoarded up room, imagine me happily whistling, going through box after box, organizing them and emptying some of them by consolidation, when suddenly I made a few false moves while lifting a couple of boxes while "turning" and out went my sciatica again!
And this time it came with hip muscle pain in several areas in the back and front of my hip! I didn't notice it until early morning when I had to use the bathroom and I couldn't move an inch without pain! Call me Ms. Inchworm because it took me an hour to sit up in bed, get out of bed, walk to the bathroom, etc and return back to bed! It was like my life was in slow motion with twinges of pain and sometimes I was Ms. Half Inch Worm and it was still painful!
3. The forgetting how old I am incident happened on Friday and by Saturday, I was left flat on my back in pain! Even sneezing and laughing was painful, but I could breath and lay still without pain, so I meditated most of the weekend. I also forgot how tiring pain can be, even if you aren't doing anything, but laying down.
I followed most of Ajahm Brahm's guided meditations on pain and healing and learned how to relax those muscles. I also used the end of a wooden spoon to deep tissue massage some tight areas around the back and front of my hip and used Dr. Schulz's deep tissue oil to keep the areas warm and drank a lot of cayenne tea. I find the cayenne tea works much better for me than tumeric or golden milk tea.
Now the sharp pains are gone and I'm just left with numbing pains that seem to float around from the back of my knee all the way up to my neck to behind my ear and down my arm to my wrist. I feel like I've made huge progress, now I can reach the bathroom in normal record breaking time without sharp pain!
I've never recovered so quickly from sciatica, it usually takes me about three months, and this injury was much worse, but this time I learned so much from Ajahm Brahm about how to manage pain and how I could make it less or let it be just through meditation! Unbelievable! I think I'll be able to have full mobility without pain by next week!
4. What a wake up call! This is at least my third episode of my sciatica acting up, so this time I'm going to strengthen myself with yoga and walking mediation and see where that takes me. Also it was interesting watching my life go in slow motion every time I wanted to move. I certainly had to stay in the present moment. I certainly became thankful to learn to move without pain and how to manage it just through my own awareness and I'm certainly thankful for my husband and Ajahm Brahm for all their help and support! Literally and figuratively!
What the best way you've found to manage chronic pain? I've been mediating for perhaps a year now, but it wasn't until I found a more mindful way to meditate in January when I started to listen to Ajahn Brahm. I think I'm making much better progress in mind, body and spirit since I've been practicing his guided meditations. I've also read a couple of his books, my favorite being, "Who Ordered this Truckload of Dung?" I didn't get to finish them but have put them back on hold at our local library.
I have a hoard of lockets and jewelry assemblage pieces listed at each shop in bulk and on sale, but this one has at least one last oval rose locket, I have some like it but in circular shape with red or blue roses too. This pictured bulk jewelry destash is available here
Photo via VintageToGoEasy
Thank you Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore for taking the time to share such an inspirational story and idea! Hope you make the necklaces long enough so they can keep their loved ones close to their hearts! Would love to see them wearing them!
Everyday is such an adventure dehoarding on Etsy! I never know who I'll meet and I have met so many Etsy buyers who share their stories with me and every time I glean some insight about where my dehoarding journey is taking me.
My Pandora's box is on hold, which now that I'm more healed it's much more difficult for me to witness the mess in the junk room and and even worse now that I can't do anything about the living room. I can't even see the couch anymore! Yikes! In due time, all things must pass and my sciatica pain and my hoard will one day be gone!
Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab ever! And for all the kind people I'm meeting who are helping me indirectly and directly in so many ways with my Hoarder Rehab!
Four lockets for four mother's on Mother's day? Each side could hold a photo of their paternal and maternal mothers, available here
Photo via Hoarder Rehab
I am so thankful that my hoard is still finding new lives and homes weekly. I hope to get back to new listing next week because this weekend, besides me recuperating, we are concentrating on our taxes.
I've had to lower my goal of 180 items per shop to 170 items listed on each shop, so I don't stress myself out in that area too. I am happy and thankful to say so many items are finding new lives and homes daily!
Sales seem even slower, but we are still back to our old average, but that's okay, since I am mobile as long as I don't have to bend anywhere lower than my elbows or sit in a chair or car or bend or pick up anything from the waist down! I was really looking forward to joining the Etsy sale, but I'll have to wait til next week or so.
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 167 items, The Destiny of Things- 169 items, VintageToGoEasy - 167 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 171 items.
Maybe you'll find something and give it new life and a new home! Thanks for looking!
Victorian revival style walnut locket for a large pendant necklace or fob. It's large enough to hold medication, loose change or rolled up mad money, available here
Photo via VintageToGoEasy
Related Stories:
1. A mother hunts down these tooth lockets for her daughter's presentation here! with updates and pics!
2. Tooth locket story from a fellow teacher for a family of loose teeth, click here!
3. These plastic tooth lockets maybe molds to make sterling jewelry at an Etsy shop, here!
4. Tooth Fairy Tooth Holders and Healthy Eating Art: The Destiny of Things, Story 163, here
There is a Precious Moments angel on this large 4 photo locket book locket, 4 photo book lockets are my favorites and I think this is my last one! Available here
Photo via VintageToGoEasy
Thank you readers from all over the world who continue to support my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things by taking part with your visits!
Happy Easter!
