Thursday, May 13, 2010

"I Can't Live Without My Pearls"... Are You a Member Too?

If someone asked me the one item that epitomizes class and understated elegance on a woman, it would have to be the simple strand of pearls.  I wear mine almost every day.  They make me feel like I'm just a little bit dressed up... even when I'm just going to the grocery store or running another errand.  I see others wearing their strand and I notice, "They're in the I can't live without my pearls club too."  I love the perfect roundness and smoothness of each one.  I love the fact that they start out as an imperfection.  An inconvenience.  An irritation.  And then, by sheer miracle, that piece of sand (or other fragment) goes through a metamorphosis to become a precious and priceless thing of beauty. 

Throughout high school and college, I either wore fake or my mother's strand (but only on special occasions).  I can remember Mama clasping her's around my neck before my debutante balls.  Wearing those, as well as her kid leather elbow-length gloves, made me feel a princess.

Finally, I received my own.  One gift my parents gave me when I graduated from college was a exquisite 18 inch strand of pure elegance.  A few other girls got cars.  A few got trips.  But I got pearls.  Finally.  I had my own to play with or finger whenever I was talking... or flirting!  I didn't have to borrow for special occasions... or plain old everyday.  This June baby (whose birthstone is the pearl!) was in heaven.

Sometimes I think about those cars that were given as graduation gifts twenty years ago.  Do those girls know where they are now?  Probably not.  But I know where my pearls are... circling my neck and will be for the next twenty years.  Because... I can't live without my pearls.

25 comments:

  1. What a sweet post, Bevy! I am TOTALLY a member of the "I can't live without my pearls" club! I got mine for graduation from high school, they mean the world to me! xoxo BTW love the blouse you have on!

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  2. I'm in the club! I don't stop at the necklace, I love my pearl ring, bracelet, etc.

    My favorite is my graduated strand from my mother. They were a gift from my dad many years ago to her and they became mine on my wedding day. They are both gone now so I treasure the things they gave me even more.


    Blessings,
    Robin

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  3. Ahh you're adorable. My dad gave me Chandrani pearls after he took a 2 week trip to India. I always wear them for special occasions (and my senior picture) but I could NEVER wear them everyday-I'd be way too afraid something would happen!!

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  4. totally a pearl girl and a june baby too!!!!

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  5. Pearl girl here too. (and June baby too!) I also received mine from my parents at college graduation! LOVE!

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  6. oh what a great post!! i received my pearls for college graduation, too! and yes, i too wonder where those cars are 15 years later while the pearls are around my neck! (i would've enjoyed that month-long trip to europe tho, too!) -- funny story about pearls: i was 23, maybe, when some friends and i were getting ready to go out bowling...and one said, WHY are you wearing pearls with your jeans? I was shocked! WHY NOT? Pearls exude elegance and class, from a deb ball to a bowling ally, agree?

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  7. I'm a memeber of this club as well. My June baby gave me a lovely pearl Mother's Day gift this year ~ post coming soon. I wear them daily and love them!

    Jo

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  8. Count me in!! I hardly go anywhere without mine!

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  9. Great post, and what a beautiful necklace. My husband got me my first pearl necklace for Mother's Day this year and now all I want to do learn about pearls. They are so fascinating! Mine came from a website, Uniquepearl.com. I cant beleive how affordable they are these days shopping online. I really recommend them.

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  10. I am such a pearl girl too. I have several strand that symbolize special times in my life and milestones. A few years ago before you started reading my blog, I had a cyber/blog stalker weirdo thing happen and went private for a while. All my bloggy friends put little buttons on their sidebar..Pearls for Kim in support of me. I will never forget that. they did it because I wear pearls all the time:)

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  11. I'm not a big jewelry person but love pearls, as do both of my girls. They really do go with everything.

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  12. Count me in, as well. My parents gave me a pair of pearl earrings when I turned 16. I still wear them everyday!

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  13. I am a card-carrying member of that club! Hubby gave me a strand and matching earrings for our 10th anniversary and I wear them constantly. And, given that they are my birthstone as well, it makes them even more special. :)

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  14. I knew I loved you! I, too, have a strand that I wear often. I also have the pearl bracelet my husband gave me when we were married. I wear it to church every Sunday!

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  15. I love pearls too! I should wear them more often! I got my strand from my parents for my college graduation. The original strand was stolen when I was a single city girl and my apartment was robbed. Thankfully I had insurance and was able to replace them with the closest match I could find.

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  16. Oh yes ma'am. I'm in the club, too!

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  17. Definitely in the club. Wearing them today as a matter of fact. Even when I don't have on my necklace I have on my bracelet- sandwiched between two of my other favorite bracelets. My mother-in-law loved the look so much she copied it so now it is like a family thing.

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  18. Count me in. My husband gave me my 18" strand for my wedding present.

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  19. Yes! Me too and I LOVED this post... pearls are indeed classic and classy and always-appropriate even if worn on the beach ;) So glad that you got a chuckle outta' my post!

    Best, Lachlan

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  20. Pearls (like diamonds) are a girls best friend!
    xoxo
    SC

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  21. I'm in the club! Mine were a wedding present from Hubby. We now gift our nieces with an inch of pearls at each birthday so they'll have a full strand at age 18.

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  22. Count me in too! I also got my pearl necklace for high school graduation along with a pearl bracelet and pearl earrings--sooo special!

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  23. If I am dressed, I have on my pearls. ALWAYS! Great post!

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