The Solid Gift of Parental Love: The Gift Your Child Can Hold Forever
When we think of gifts for our children, we traditionally think of trains sets and dolls and novelty fluffy toys that make animal noises. We rarely think of giving our children an emotional birthday gift, unless it is conventional jewelry to mark an occasion such as a Baptism or Bar Mitzvah.
One of the most compelling and meaningful friendship birthday gifts you can give your child is the gift of The Friendship Stone. Each stone begins its journey as a rough Tiger’s Eye, mined in South Africa. It is naturally tumbled, stone upon stone, to smooth out its jagged edges and render it tactile, glossy and satin smooth. Once polished, The Friendship Stone bears no resemblance to its original rough state, with its luminescent qualities that catch the light. Each Friendship Stone is unlike any other, making it totally individual, completely unique and with its own personality – just like human beings.
The Friendship Stone may be given as a piece of jewelry, on a leather or chain as a necklace, or given as a simple pocket piece. The Friendship Desk Stone can be used to weight paperwork on a desk and is significantly larger but comes with a free, smaller wallet stone.
The effects The Friendship Stone can have upon the recipient are remarkable. The stone can be touched, gazed at, turned in the hand and wondered at for its luminescence and beauty. It is a touchable connection with the person who gave it: strong; lasting and meaningful. Its messages are to remain positive throughout every day; to carry on the spirit of friendship by giving The Friendship Stone to others and to stay connected with home and friends wherever you are.
A birthday gift of The Friendship Stone means a great deal more than receiving the latest cult toy to hit a market already saturated with gadgets that are here today and gone tomorrow and no earthly use in between. Here at last is something that may be given to a child that means something worthwhile; something that carries all the right sentiments about what love and friendship ought to mean. Something that may be kept always and something the child will learn to appreciate and pass on through other Friendship Stones with the message: here is my friendship and each time you look at this beautiful stone, you will remember me…
The Friendship Stone teaches us the value of staying positive in the face of our troubles. Passing that lesson on to our children is the greatest birthday gift we could possibly give them and one that will remain with them for years into the future. Even better, as we all struggle in a World groaning under the weight of financial hardship, The Friendship Stone is a joyful and appropriate birthday friendship gift that lasts forever and does not break the bank!
The Friendship Stone may be taken to school, passed around friends, shared and treasured for as long as friendship continues to be trendy – forever, we think!
About the Author
Born in Florida, Cathy grew up in Columbus, Georgia. She graduated with a BA Honors in Journalism from the University of Texas, where the emphasis of her studies was in photojournalism. After studying commercial photography at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Cathy moved abroad to Israel where she has been for the past 23 years. Prior to forming My Stone Company in 2005, Cathy specialized in food and portrait photography.
The Friendship Stone Friendship Gift links friends and promotes friendships everywhere, stone by stone.
