[Jewelry making - Article 00011] - Re: [Orchid] Jeweler's former lives

[Wildpoppy2]

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    Always loved making jewelry, did the high school stuff late 60's,
    with the dangle earrings, then parents intruded. I grew up 2nd
    generation American, my grandparents were from Hungary and vary
    dominate in how and what their children did in regard to school,
    classes and employment. Apparently mom didn't remember the resentment
    she felt, thou had talked about in old family story time, but she
    decided our classes for high school, college prep with electives, not
    art and choir, but typing and shorthand. fun years, but as she was
    secretary, that was what we had to have to get a good job.

    worked sales part time in department store in high school, and
    college and would quit to work full time when I was out of money.
    Major Criminology minor education. not business. worked in credit
    field, back at school, then at a credit union, as loan interviewer.
    got married by then, and moved on to be corporate loan officer for B
    of A, but was in major accident 2 blocks from my branch. 

    while they were fixing me up from that accident, was diagnosed with
    Carcinoid cancer in the lungs. Since the auto accident vs truck I
    started doing crafts, when I got to basic jewelry, found free form
    wire wrap I was in love. when I found wire thins enough to crochet
    with, everything was good. I still do wire wrap, we have stones from
    those days and I promised Jon when he looked concerned about al
    crochet, all the time, that I would do both. 

    jewelry has saved my brain, my life it seems, I take my stuff to the
    hospital when I have to go in, and make and give my nurses gifts.
    Give a nurse a present, you get back rubs. jon told me I should not
    abuse this power. 

    Oh, and mom apologized to me for being so single minded about our
    being a secretary/office work. She said she had no idea I could have
    found work anywhere, like in a dental lab working with the wire, (was
    offered a job once when the Dr looked at my work) or found some other
    job

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