Burmese Jade

 

Once upon a time when I was about twenty years old, I worked in an office in Manhattan, NYC. On my lunch break I would walk up and down nearby Fifth Avenue. Since I love jewelry, I would frequent most really expensive shops to window shop.  

On a sunny afternoon I walked into Ming Jewelry, a very exclusive and expensive shop. I spotted a beautiful Burmese Jade ring with a huge stone that is the color of warm light blue green tropical water. The stone is about one inch long and half an inch wide and very top heavy. Oval shape. The stone is held in a delicate flower design of fourteen carat gold.  

I fell in love. It cost me a whole week’s salary of $180. I was not sorry, ever, for buying that ring. I wore that ring for almost two decades and I never took it off except when I accumulated three very active children. With so many kids I had to take off my ring for safety reasons. I had a big jewelry collection by this time. 

One day while no one was home my apartment was robbed. All my jewelry was stolen. I had antique finds and modern pieces and precious items with irreplaceable memory value to me. And my favorite ring was gone. I was heartbroken.  

I tried many times over the years to replace my ring but Ming Jewelry closed in 1999 and I looked for any other place that might have a ring similar. Nothing – for years. Until about five years ago. With the help of the internet, I typed in Ming Jewelry instead of Burmese Jade and I found someone who had an exact copy of my ring. It was five hundred and eighty-five dollars. I bought it with no hesitation.  

A few days later I went to pick it up at the Post Office. I sat in my car with the Express Mail red, white and blue envelope. I opened it and took the ring out. It was identical to the original one I had. I cried and cried and felt such a sense of relief. I finally had my precious ring back.  

For some reason I have not replaced my jewelry collection. I think in the back of my mind I never want to lose expensive and precious items again. 

I have been wearing this beauty ever since. Why you may ask. Because it is my personal muse and (not so) secret symbol of longevity and wisdom, provides protection against negative energies and entities, enhances my creativity and imagination and has the magical ability to access spiritual realms.  

I will never take it off again.

Georgia

Jan 2022