My New Favorite Thing Ever!

When my boys were born my mother had their names engraved and added to a necklace.  I have recently added those pieces to a special bracelet with a starfish charm full of sand from Nantucket.

So, after ordering “dog tag” necklaces for my boys off of Etsy that were handmade and shipped from Australia, I got jealous and wanted something like that again of my own.

I logged back on to Etsy and ordered a necklace with two disks each engraved with the boys’ names on one side and their birthdates on the other.  I had a plan. I knew that I also wanted to add something else very special when the necklace arrived in the mail.

Yesterday, the boys and I went to the Beauport Hotel gift shop and bought the final piece.  A beautiful compass rose pendant designed by Colby Davis. For those of you who don’t know, Colby Davis makes the most beautiful pieces of jewelry that are a perfect fit on display in our gorgeous Beauport Hotel.

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Colby Davis of Boston Co. was founded in 2014 by Lia Lombara and her daughters Lexi and Taylor. Their dream was to create a meaningful, timeless jewelry collection that could be passed down through generations. Inspired by the New England coast and their love of Boston, the girls continue to design a unique sterling silver and glass enamel line of jewelry.

I couldn’t be more in love with my new necklace.  In simplest terms, the compass rose gives direction….which is exactly what my two boys do for me….they give me direction…and they give me my greatest purpose.  They are my North, East, South, and West. As lovers of all things ocean the compass rose also symbolizes much of what we love doing together and some of our very best days and happiest memories. The pendant is engraved on the back with the words, “Life brings us to unexpected places. Love brings us home.”  As the boys grow up faster than I could have ever imagined and I begin to come to grips with the fact that this phase of our lives is all too short, I know that our love is our “home” no matter what our addresses may be.  I am in love with having the compass rose, the boys’ names, and the dates our family grew together in one special piece that I can keep close to my heart.  Warm fuzzies.