After long conversations about the wellness benefits of stones and crystals with one of my daughters, imagine my surprise when I arrived home to find a box on my doorstep from her! It was heavy – mailed at the flat rate, and filled with individually bubble-wrapped crystals and stones. I felt like I was playing the Saran Wrap game at Christmas where it’s filled with all sorts of treasures and you have small bursts of time to unwrap it, keeping what you can before it’s time to pass it to the next person. Only I got to keep all of it!
And what treasured gifts these are! Perhaps the most touching of all are the handwritten pages explaining every stone, telling of its qualities and a few personal notes scattered throughout – the most cherished one on the Lapis Lazuli note, explaining how my daughter feels close to my late mother as she still wears her bracelet filled with these brilliant blue stones. My mother, as it turns out, had jewelry made of a variety of stones and also suffered from anxiety. We continue to learn more about my mother and to “connect the dots” long after she has passed. It’s not surprising to learn that she, too, knew the benefits of stones. I often wear her jade necklace and some of her other stones that she wore frequently.
For Christmas, I’d given my daughter and her boyfriend a rockhounding kit filled with all the tools they needed for their hobby of exploring and digging for stones in the desert. In this shipment, she included some stones she’d purchased, and some that she had rockhounded herself, straight out of the earth. Those are pretty special stones to me.
And as I read my favorite childhood poem that I shared on March 17, I’d been inspired with my new knowledge of stones to turn from the plastic Mardi Gras beads and the green glass beads to stones of green black dot Jasper in my quest to be more nymphatic in my replies of NO. And they work. I’ve said no several times, becoming the goddess of refusal.
Now I shall continue to explore the benefits of these stones, using the starter kit my daughter sent me. I have placed them all on the dyed slice of agate (flat stone) and will experiment with the healing powers of each. For now, I am including pictures of the stones she sent, along with her notes. Enjoy!
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What a thoughtful gift! I love essential oils for some of these same purposes, but now I am inspired to start collecting specific stones! I love the notes (and her writing is lovely too).
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Thank you, Erika! She definitely surprised me with this box of gifts. I appreciate your reading and commenting today!
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So fascinating, Kim. This is another great adventure for your adventure-loving heart, not just learning about properties of these beautiful stones, but learning more about your mother through them. What an incredible gift, that you can share this exploration with your daughter. I am now thinking of inner power and the strength to say NO – becoming the “goddess of refusal.” Life is too short and precious an adventure to waste with minutiae that, in the end, doesn’t really matter. I had a dream once about a crow giving me a green stone. Even in my sleep, I knew I’d best take it!
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Fran, even in your dreams, birds come to you with offerings! And you’re as smart to take it asleep as you are awake! The discoveries have been filled with layers of deep meaning on so many levels, my mother included – you are right! Thank you, as always, for your kind words today!
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There is much to love in this slice- your relationship with your daughter, those gems, that childhood poem, learning about your mother even after she’s gone and your wonderful storytelling! My sister has given me stones when I had cancer and they worked their magic!
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Eva, first, I am glad you are a survivor! That is a blessing indeed. It’s interesting that you mention this – my daughter’s boyfriend’s mother has just been diagnosed with cancer, and they sent her a collection of stones with healing properties for cancer patients. Thank you for reading and commenting today – I appreciate your kind words.
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Kim, sweet follow-up post to the discussion you had with your daughter about the stones. The lapis lazuli looks beautiful, and that always reminds me of biblical references that always sounded so exotic. Your post today and the gift you opened reminded me of my years in Arizona. It was always so fun to study rocks and minerals with my second graders, and we would go on a field trip to a museum where we all bought beautiful stones like in your photos. You are bringing back some of the memories I had about those times. Hmmm.
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Denise, that petrified wood in Arizona is quite interesting. I would have loved being in second grade and going on a rock field trip! And getting to buy stones! I’m glad this brought back good memories. Thank you for reading, Denise!
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I think your daughter is a precious gem, herself. This is such a caring, thoughtful gift. Her beautiful words, describing the healing powers of each stone – I love her penmanship. To think that some of these she “rockhounded” (new word for me) from the desert, herself – that is really something special. And the Lapis Lazuli message, the connection with your mother – I suspect you were in tears by the time you unwrapped all this love. Very special, Kim. Thanks for the mini-course on what power rocks have, I am totally intrigued.
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Thank you, Maureen – – it’s all so new for me, but something that is fascinating to explore. Yes, there were a couple of tears for so many reasons, but love moves us in those ways! Thanks so much for reading and commenting today.
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Kim.
This is fascinating. I love the feature image. I need Lapis. I have insomnia and am willing to sleep w/ stones on the promise of a cure! I’d also never heard of soaking in a bath with crystals or stones. That intrigues me. I wonder if having stones and crystals in a classroom might help with the aura and provide calm for students and teachers w/ severe anxiety. I’m at the end of a subbing day in the alternate school but plan to revisit the hand-written notes later this evening. I’m also going to that crystal store I told you about next Friday during the monthly art walk. I might even buy a stone or two.
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Glenda, I’m thrilled that you will visit the crystal store. I got another message earlier from someone who did not comment publicly today, but wanted to let me know that she is a firm believer in crystals, even though she was skeptical before. She shared of the rose quartz she put in her tub and put under her pillow, placing outdoors at night sometimes to re-energize by the moon. She prayed for comfort and loved and also believed in the power of the stones as well – – and she has found it! Thanks so much for reading, and I can’t wait to hear about your trip to the crystal store.
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I’ll plan to write about the crystal store the following Tuesday.
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What a fun package to receive! The stones (crystals?) are beautiful, and it looks even more special to have your daughter’s notes about each one. How lovely to be able to share this interest with your daughter! I loved reading your description of unwrapping the package, and the photos were a great complement to the text!
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Thank you, Natasha! I appreciate your kind words and thank you for reading today!
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