Baby gift...

We have a tradition in my family that the wife gets a piece of jewelry from her husband for each child. I'm not sure if it goes back any further than my parents, but we have continued the tradition. My "baby gift" arrived last night and I love it. It is a pendant with a black pearl (the baby's birthstone) based on the tri-Koru Maori necklaces C and I wear. My friend B tells me it looks like two parents surrounding/protecting the baby/pearl. What beautiful symbolism!

"The spiral is a Koru, represents the fern frond as it opens bringing new life and purity to the world. It also represents peace, tranquility and spirituality along with a strong sense of regrowth or new beginnings.

The Koru is also often associated with nurturing so when interlocked with others is frequently used to represent the strength and purity of a loving relationship within a family."