Many of you may know, I have a high school senior. She graduates in a couple of weeks and everything I've been told about second semester seniors has held true: They are one foot out the door! I get it, I've been there. It's a new beginning. As Semisonic sang it best, "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." Did you know that song isn't actually about the bar closing? It's was written about pregnancy and giving birth - mourning the end of the housing of a child and starting the beginning of their life not completely dependent on you for survival and growth. So in a way, Closing Time is perfect for graduation too. It's time for the next chapter, so close this one and start the new.
What if I told you all the photos, parties, signs & balloons were perfect for creating memories, but also subject to fading and becoming distant? You'd still do all that celebrating and you should. But when they leave, they are entering a time in life when new moments will start taking precedent and what's in front of them sparks the joy.
This is where I pitch the gift of jewelry for your graduate. Whether it be high school, college, or graduate school. Let me explain. It's not about giving them a gift marking the day, it's about giving them a gift marking their life. It's actually a Horcrux (referenced from Harry Potter) if Horcruxes weren't dark magic of course! It holds the memory and moment of transition, forever linking the end and the beginning. Ok, instead of a dark wizard symbol, let's call it a bridge. A tangible structure that links two parts that still exist, you just travel on one side at a time. Gift them that link between the past and the future.
And there are multiple ways to approach this gift. It can be subtle or it can be bold. Either way, I promise it holds the same meaning. Now, I personally am not letting my "learning executive functioning basics still developing frontal lobe" child take a diamond tennis bracelet to college with her. But we aren't just discussing high school grads. You may be celebrating a college grad, or postgraduate. I trust them with a tennis bracelet...maybe.
But for easy, no customizing or agonizing, here is what I would go with:
The Medium Sumaku Diamond Pendant...
The Sumaku Huggies (the BLACK ones!!!)
It's not supposed to be something that sits in a drawer or locked away only to be pulled out if they go to a formal or come home for a family event. It's supposed to be something that reminds them of home, of graduation, of growing up and being respected for how hard that is to do.
You have a piece you look at and you know exactly when and why you received it. Does it make you smile? Does it bring you back to a memory? Does it remind you of someone or something? That is the gift you are giving.
