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[senoritafish]

John is convinced that we could put our kids in a stainless steel lined room, with no doors, windows or furniture, give them two steel ball bearings, and within 5 minutes, they'll break one and lose the other.

Last week was our ninth anniversary. I was so proud of myself that I had actually thought ahead and got him a present that was perfect. I chose this because of it's symbolism of a relationship:

Maori Twist pendant

He had it for less than a week and apparently Gareth grabbed it off his nightstand, was swinging it around, and managed to smash it. I hope that's not symbolic, too.

I wanted to replace it but as you can see from that link, it's sold out there, and anyplace else I look they're made of bone or jade, and three to four times the price. I liked the look of the carnelian. I think it suited him better.

Grrr. I'm hoping they get them back in stock.

Comments

[angelsmum.livejournal.com]

That's such a shame. It's awesome to think you can get stuff like that outside NZ though. I love those pendants... we sell the jade (NZ greenstone or Pounamu) ones at work. And that carnelian is gorgeous.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

I've found some very lovely stuff, but no carnelian so far. And one site tells me that a double twist like I had actually represents 2 peoples rather than two individuals, but I like the look of it a little better. It reminds me of a DNA double helix.

Is this going to get me in trouble for borrowing the icons of another culture? Because I certainly don't mind anyone else wearing Celtic knotwork...

[angelsmum.livejournal.com]

Of course not. The tradition here with the greenstone is to never buy it for yourself, only as a gift, and to get it blessed by a maori priest, but that's only for greenstone, as it's the stone itself which is tapu or sacred. I've always believed that particular one to reperesent the entwining of two lives but I think with those it's the personal interpretation that matters. =>