"Close Your Eyes….Open your Hand…."

What joy the above words made in my heart,

even writing them makes me smile.

Mostly my mom said them.

Treats.

Gifts.

The unexpected.

I was good at closing my eyes and opening my hands as a cup…

I was good at getting.

Somehow along the line I lost that trust.

Playmates put bugs in my hand.

Smiles hid sharp parts that hurt.

Experience not as advertised:

Please read fine print.

Sometimes I shrink away

because life doesn't always put a sweet thing in your palm.

Sometimes it's pain

sometimes it's loss

maybe overwhelm

.

It takes bravery to receive in a world that is equal parts

joy and shit.

It takes a courageous heart to say 'yes' to things, 

sometimes even to getting out of bed in the morning,

to putting on pants.

This necklace is a prayer for your bravery,

for your blossoming.

After all these years I think the key is just to show up.

Be willing, present

To get bigger 

and Wider and let light into the cracks.

Your armor can wait:

today let's receive instead

.

Watercolor and enamel on copper hand. Robin's egg blue on the reverse side.

Fired just past sugar stage for a wonderful dappled texture.

Triple layer sterling silver hydrangea.

In the Metal Shop later.

xoxo,

Sunny