I love my pearls. I have two necklaces - a string of black pearls and a string of cultured white pearls. Growing up in the South, all the "proper" ladies wore a string a pearls. (Ok you lude people out there, get that alternate pearl necklace image out of your head.) When I think of a lady wearing a pearl necklace, I instantly think of someone like June Cleaver, a total throwback to the '50s nuclear household with a mom in a apron in the kitchen making dinner while wearing her pearls. I have no family to make dinner for and I work in food plants so I can't exactly wear my pearls to work. On the rare occasions I do, I end up doing things far from making dinner. Like today I wore my white pearls to work, then came home and disassembled the doorknob to my front door while wearing my pearls. Or yesterday I installed my new air conditioner while wearing the black pearl necklace. Sometimes the dog gets a bath while I'm wearing the pearls. Back in college my boat was racing in an important national regatta. One of my rowers raced in her pearl necklace.
So clearly I am not June Cleaver, but I love aprons and I love my pearls. Pearls are classic and will always be beautiful despite the changing roles of those wearing them.
What do you do while wearing your pearls?
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