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If your life was a charm bracelet

16 years ago

I found my sterling silver charm bracelet from the 60s recently. It was fun to see the charms there, and I got to thinking. What charms would I add to represent my life since that time?

I thought of added family members, my interests, my favorite breed of dog, places I'd travelled and the like. I wondered if I would get a new bracelet to add charms, or if I'd add them to the one I had.

It was a neat exercise to think of those things since it made me think about what's been most important in my life.

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glenda_al
16 years ago
I loved my charm bracelet. Lots of memories attached. Sad to say, was stolen at a car wash.
msmarion
16 years ago
Interesting to think about. There would be lots to add.
I still wear mine occasionally. I combined my mother's charms with mine. It takes a while to polish it but I keep it a silver cloth bag. Come to think of it I have a few to add. I'll have to pick up some jump rings at the jewlery store.
DH bought me a gold charm holder and many sewing related charms for it back in the 90's. I haven't worn that in a few years.
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Hellion, it is a pretty charm~~it does not look broken to me it is like a puzzle piece showing how your hearts come together~~buy it. Wear yours as suggested on a necklace or give her both pieces. There are no rules here, you do what you want~~~all of the charms on the bracelet that were put there by her friend will always and forever remind her of her special friend. You adding one, you like is very loving also. This post was edited by YogaLady1948 on Tue, Dec 31, 13 at 13:24
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vicki_lv
16 years ago
I had several Italian charm bracelets. This post made me think about them. I looked for them. I can't find them. Guess what I will be doing this weekend? Searching.
caroline94535
16 years ago
I have a beautiful silver charm bracelet Mom gave me when I turned 16. I've considered moving all the charms to a necklace since it's rather overloaded now. I must get it photographed!

I also have two Italian charm bracelets. One represents my my AF days, and the second one is my "other life." LOL

This shows the charm for Harry, mine and DH's birthstones, and an AF emblem.

Part of the AF braclet, a Nikon camera (my job was photo journalist.) Spanish flag, red dancing shoes, Andorra flag, and lobsters.

The AF bracelet also has a charm for the space shuttle, "mystery" (time in England), a custom photo charm of an F-16, and a party girl (wearing the same dress I bought for a Christmas party!)
Marilyn Sue
16 years ago
I never had a charm bracelet.

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lynn_d
16 years ago
I wonder where my charm bracelet is, I haven't thought of it for years and years! Now I'm going to have to search for it this weekend.

One of the first, if no the first, charms I got for it 40 years ago is one that still guides my life: Faith, Hope and Charity.
jannie
16 years ago
I have (maybe had) a silver charm bracelet. Loaded with charms from about age 6 to 16, so many I had two on some loops. Haven't seen it in a while. I took a couple of charms off and added my kids birthstones to a silver necklace. Haven't seen that in a while either. Must go looking...I had lost (misplaced) the opal ring my parents gave me when I graduated high school. Then I recently found it. Nothing really disappears.
bulldinkie
16 years ago
I just bought a watch,charm bracelet,pretty,you know you can get a kidney necklace on internet.
Dee1
16 years ago
bulldinkie, what is a kidney necklace? Is it a charm in the shape of a kidney? I'm clueless.
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