Charming

Eight heads on a bracelet. Eight names, eight birthdays, eight people. I bought this charm bracelet for about $8 (coincidence) at a flea market on a sweltering summer day. As soon as I touched it I knew I had to have it. It represented so much to someone. Did these heads belong to the children of some lucky lady or were they the nieces and nephews of a woman who had none of her own children? Was this the bracelet of a proud grandmother or great grandmother? Was the wearer still alive and if so, why was this bracelet out of her possession? If she had passed away, why didn't someone want to have the bracelet? Where were the people who belonged to the heads? Were the heads still in touch with each other and as close as they appear on the links of the bracelet? Were their lives intertwined and clanging into each other or were they scattered all over the place, separate and distant? I am now the proud owner of this charm bracelet and whenever I look at it I imagine the noisy and happy family that the bracelet represents. I believe the rightful owner had it tucked away in a drawer and when her house was cleaned out after she passed away it was dumped into a box for the Salvation Army. Funny, I have more than one of these charm bracelets and I think the story may be similar. I will continue to look for others and salvage the heads and conjure up the people they represent because they are charming.