04/21/2020
I haven’t been in my shop very much lately. Today I forced myself to finish these matching protection pendants for my wife and I. We need them more than ever. Black tourmaline with a carved rune of protection. Before the virus took over our country, our world, I was optimistic of the future. I had just ordered thousands $$$ worth of silver, stones, and tools. I had shows lined up for this season. My wife was starting a really good job making good money. I was taking a week or two off to work on my house a bit, and then the s**t hit the fan. Kids got sent home from school. Wife’s job on hold. Stock market and with it the value of silver crashes. The absolute uncertainty of the future leaves me confused, frustrated, and a bit pi**ed off. My kids don’t deserve this! The only reason I even do this society thing is for them. Everything I do is for them. My wife and I would rather be on a mountainside somewhere away from it all, but we decided long ago that our children needed a “normal” life. To be able to go to school, make friends, play with the other kids in the neighborhood. To be normal. Now what?! This isn’t normal. It’s hard to see how it will be again. What do I tell them? How do I prepare them for something I can’t easily foresee? How do I give them that better “normal” life that I’ve been fighting so hard for? I don’t know. I hope I’m wrong... I hope we can go back to normal, for our children, because right now my heart is completely crushed for them. I hope you’re all doing ok out there. Stay strong and let your soul shine!