Send them on their Journey with a Piece of Home
Send them on their Journey with a Piece of Home
Can you believe how fast time goes by? It feels like yesterday I was making jewelry at my kitchen table while breastfeeding Alexa. Now, my two girls are walking into the forest with 16-year-old boys I’ve never met who have nicknames like “Butter” (short for Buttercup)! These strangers are actually responsible & adorable camp counselors and burgeoning lifeguards.
Alexa is 6 now and Lyla is on the cusp of being 5. Both girls are going to a super woodsy Summer camp at Hale Reservation in the deep woods of Massachusetts this Summer. They’ve caught fish, learned how to swim in a lake instead of a pool and made tons of new friends, but it’s truly crazy how quickly they grow up.
Rocks, twigs, natural treasures from camp.
Last Thursday, Lyla and Alexa both came home (separately) with sand from the lake. One with a huge Tupperware container full and one with a pocket full. You can guess which girl thought to bring the Tupperware and which one shoved it in her pocket. My initial reaction was “WHAT IS THIS?!” because both girls have a penchant for collecting rocks, twigs, moth wings (yep) and other random items from the forest.
I was in Mom mode and didn’t even think of sand as my artistic medium as I was shaking it out of their hair, shoes, and undies. Both girls (while yelling at each other about who’s sand was better) said, “MOM! It’s for our Camp Counselors for being so fun.
A moment I’ll never forget
You have to make them DUNE JEWELRY!” My heart skipped a beat. It was one of those moments where the stress of being a working Mom melts away. Work, home, schedules, kids, husband, dinner prep, chaos…none of that mattered and I just thought, “Oh my gosh, this thing that I do is so special and these little girls, my girls, want to share it with everyone they meet. Even though they’re only babies – they get it!” It was a moment I’ll never forget.
Remember this; time is fleeting, special moments are rare and precious. We need to capture every memory we possibly can and hold on to it and we need to share these moments with people who touch our lives.
Now it’s time to figure out what kind of Dune Jewelry we’re going to make for Butter.
Holly Daniels Christensen
Founder, Travel Lover, Sand Connoisseur
Send them off on their next journey with a personalized gift that reminds them of home.
