Superhero

I've been reading Andrea's journal for a while now. I think I first discovered her site via link on Jessamyn's site. I don't know when I started reading, exactly, but her words and photographs have moved and inspired me from afar from a long time. Learning that she worked for Sark (with whom I was utterly obsessed in my late teens and early twenties, whose cards and books I bought and clung to like she was speaking to me) and is friends with the likes of the Weepies (whom I love so very much) just made me feel more awed by her.

I've also admired her necklaces for a long time, but I've never purchased one until recently. Though I love the look of the beaded necklaces on her models, I wasn't sure I had the style to pull one off.

When Andrea introduced the bullseye pendant recently, I knew I needed to have it. This was the necklace for me. So I ordered one.

My necklace arrived yesterday, and it's now hanging around my neck. And it felt so good to give myself this little gift, not only because it's a very cute and functional piece of jewelry that I can wear every day with basically any outfit, but because I feel like it has a special meaning. The word "superhero," engraved on the back of the necklace, thumps right along with my heartbeat, reminding me that I am strong and brave. It feels nice. Couldn't we all stand to feel a little more Super and a little more Heroic? I think so.