{"id":20491,"date":"2013-05-11T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=20491"},"modified":"2013-05-11T22:00:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T02:00:22","slug":"jewelry-can-make-you-strong-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/jewelry-can-make-you-strong-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewelry Can Make You Strong, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

I met gorgeous blogger Mardel of Resting Motion<\/a> in 2011, when a group of bloggers gathered for drinks during Fashion Week<\/a>. If she didn’t have to leave a little early that night, I might have never have gotten around to talking to anyone else. Mardel and I just happened to sit next to each other and bond immediately. A couple of times we said, “We should probably mingle,” but then we went right back to our conversation.<\/p>\n

I found out that night that Mardel’s husband was ill, so when blogger<\/a> Louise Hornor<\/a> directed me to a post on Mardel’s blog last weekend — one that she said made her gasp and tear up — I feared the worst, and rightly so. Hospice has taken over at-home care for Mardel’s husband. Mardel wrote about how drained she was from being on the phone, answering questions and “dealing with other people’s issues.” She continued, “Today I felt I needed a totem” … and posted this photo of herself wearing my swear rings.<\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Resting Motion. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n

I was surprised and very moved to see that my rings gave her little lift at this difficult time. I said so to Louise, who replied:<\/p>\n

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She was referring to gorgeous blogger Lynne of The Good Will Hunting Paralegal<\/a>, who felt empowered by my IDGAF necklace while coping with a family health crisis of her own<\/a>. I’ve said before that much of the jewelry in my gold and platinum signature line is inspired by powerful women<\/a>. But to me, even my social-media-inspired WENDYB by Wendy Brandes silver line<\/a> has always been about power.\u00a0 Most of the designs there are ones that make me feel stronger<\/a> in some way. However, I don’t presume to know exactly what a piece of my jewelry means to a customer, and everyone is welcome to her own interpretation of what she’s wearing. I wouldn’t have dared dream that the jewelry would actually do exactly what I would have wanted it to do in these two cases.<\/p>\n

Mardel, you and your husband are in my thoughts.<\/p>\n

UPDATED TO ADD: I’m sad to say that a few minutes after I published this, Mardel posted that her husband, George, had passed away. Click here<\/a> to leave your condolences. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I met gorgeous blogger Mardel of Resting Motion in 2011, when a group of bloggers gathered for drinks during Fashion Week. If she didn’t have to leave a little early that night, I might have never have gotten around to talking to anyone else. Mardel and I just happened to sit next to each other…<\/p>\n

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