[Jewelry making - Article 00168] - Re: [Orchid] Is white gold really hot?

[Richard Hart]

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    I had an experience today. I had customers come in and pick up their
    wedding rings today. I feel so completely honored to be a part of
    the process. But, I was having a really hard time recently, feeling
    really out of it, lethargic because of the heat, just returning from
    a trip to Texas where my wife's family was having a reunion, about
    1000, yes, 1000 people. As hot and humid and as uncomfortable as it
    could be, it was. The trip threw my schedule off, trip was really
    tiring, and I had to really work hard to finish the rings I had
    started before the trip, and I was about as grumpy as I could be and
    still have self control to not take it out on anyone, employee or
    customer. 

    The couple to be married on Saturday came in with groom's mother and
    his sister, and I start to realize, this couple have something in
    common, they seem to have a really good connection, and I start
    understanding that whatever I am going through in my personal life
    and my trials and tribulations (like taking my wife to the doctor
    today unexpectedly as she has a fever, and a compromised immune
    system and she can end up in the hospital from a common cold, and
    the customers are coming but I don't know when and I have not priced
    the rings, and I put them off already from having them done
    yesterday). Fortunately they come in just after I am back from the
    doctor. And all of a sudden, I realize I am part of something that is
    about commitment, love, understanding, accepting responsibility...and
    I realize there is a bigger picture. The bride was giddy, both were
    really thankful and appreciative, and I had to stop and surrender to
    what was happening. The result of my effort was making two people
    really happy. 

    And that seems to be what it is all about, for me. The money was
    important, but the satisfaction meant more. 

    And there is another whole story about how the rings were made, with
    a wax carver in Nebraska that I have known for 10 years, a colored
    stone dealer from Calif. I have known 20 years, a jeweler here in
    Denver I have known for 12 years. I have created a community of
    cooperative people who help get the job done. 

    And one more thought, what other piece of jewelry will be worn for
    decades, every single day and passed down as part of family history.
    But I can understand that making wedding jewelry might not be for
    everyone, it has it's trials and tribulations. And I know some
    people are opposed to the concept of marriage, or have suffered from
    a bad one.

Richard Hart
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