[Magdalen] High school graduation gift?

[Sibyl Smirl]

On 5/16/15 1:37 PM, Jo Craddock wrote:
> I'm sure we've been through this before, but, it's that time again...
>
> The daughter of dear friends is graduating from high school. Through a
> long series of events with both families, it's been difficult to keep in
> touch, but her mother and I were close and very involved in children's
> CE together at the time of graduate's birth, so I'd like to give her
> something meaningful, long-term, rather than dorm room kitsch. <grin>
> Suggestions?

My daughter's three best friend classmates were all graduating from high 
school at the same time that she was, and it happened that all three of 
them were Roman Catholic, while mine wasn't even an Episcopalian, but 
had stayed with my childhood church, Christian Church, very Protestant 
Fundamentalist.  I was doing a lot of beadwork at the time, and I made 
the other three very beautiful (if I do say so myself) rosaries, Blue 
Onyx beads, Sterling Silver hardware (and Ave beads).  I made my 
daughter a necklace, very similar, with the same beads and separator 
beads, and one of the Ave beads instead of the center Marian medal, with 
the crucifix hanging down in front on the then-fashionable "Y" 
configuration, the neck part choker length.  The other girls loved 
theirs, and so did my daughter at first.  Then she went to Christian 
College, and took a lot of crap from her friends there about the 
crucifix, so she didn't ever wear it to school again.  I suppose it 
might still be in her jewelry box now.

Which isn't a lot of help for you, but you might think of some lovely 
bit of jewelry that would _not_ cause problems....


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