key of courage

in february, i received a "key of courage" necklace. it is made by The Giving Keys www.thegivingkeys.com. the idea is to wear the necklace and at some point to give it away to a person who is in need of the message. 

i wore it a lot in the first trimester of dealing with glenn's suicide.

in part because it did remind me that i have courage to make a brand new life for myself. also to show my daughters that in the worst (or best) of times to have the courage to feel every range of emotion. to have courage to know that "this too shall pass." the courage to wake up and have a day, even if the day is crappy. the courage to say no and to say yes. to have the courage to be weak and strong, and to ask for help. the necklace was symbolic as well. the key gave me something to literally hold onto. the key didn't hold the answers, but it allowed me to know i could seek out and discover a new world. 

i've been thinking the last couple of month about who to give it to next. i just put it in the mail and it will travel across the country to one of my very dear friends. i hope she finds it as useful as i did. 

CW again 5:30a.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usIHENAXuag