I love heart jewelry and a pair of white gold heart earrings that my husband bought me a few years ago is one of my favorite and most precious pieces of any type of jewellery. That’s quite fitting because the heart has long been a symbol of love.
I came late to having my ears pierced, in fact I was thirty before I plucked up the courage to go to the jewellery store to get it done. And the reason I eventually had it done was because I liked the dainty stud earrings that were not available in clip–on ones. I already has a pair of clip-on silver earrings but I really wanted to wear these new gold ones.
Although I had talked about it for a few days I suddenly decided one afternoon as I was going to pick up my children from school that today was the day. One thing I had forgotten was the fact that I was also picking up my friend’s two sons who were coming to play with my kids and staying for dinner. Having made the decision I decided to go ahead with it as I thought if I didn’t I would chicken out and it would be a long time before I got the courage up again!
So with four kids in the car off we went to the local jewellery store. Having told the children what I planned before we went home they were looking forward to seeing how it was done. We duly arrived at the shop and in we all went. I remember sitting in the chair with these four pairs of eyes avidly watching as I picked out a pair of studs and then had my ears cleaned with surgical spirit and a cross put on them as to where the holes should be.
Feeling very nervous I sat there as they put the studs in the gun and placed it against my ear. I thought it couldn’t really hurt a lot because after all lots of baby girls have their ears pierced when they are only a few months old and a mom wouldn’t subject their infant to any pain would they?
Well I must be a wimp – because it did hurt! But because I had the children with me I had to pretend everything was okay. I gritted my teeth while the second ear was done and I breathed a big sigh of relief when it was all over. Getting back in the car I remember my ears burning and being hot to the touch but when the kids asked if it had hurt I admit I told a white lie and said it didn’t. I did all that was asked with regard to cleaning the site and turning the studs and fortunately I had no ill effects.
I couldn’t wait until I could take out the initial studs and wear some of the lovely earrings that I had so admired. In fact, shortly afterwards my husband was on a business trip to New York and bought me a beautiful pair of 24 carat gold earrings which I wear more than any others – with perhaps only the exception of my heart earrings.
