‘Always in my heart’ Necklace with ruby- gold plated (in memory of a child)

I have been thinking about making this piece for a long time but hesitated because I want to do it right and it is a vulnerable topic. Doing Mother-Kids jewelry now for almost a decade and over the years multiple customers requested or bought a bracelet or necklace to remember the loss of a child, miscarriage, stillborn.

It was Kirsty Nagel who asked me to make this piece and motivated me to bring this to other mothers that experienced the loss of a child. Together we decided on this design; a heart with a little ruby.

Lois Kruidenier wrote a beautiful poem in Dutch to accompany this necklace.

Translated to English

I will carry you

There isn’t a day that I won’t carry you
In my heart and in my being
There isn’t a day that I won’t miss you
A great loss, no matter how small you were

Sometimes I have to laugh and sometimes I have to cry
Sometimes I scream it’s so unfair
Sometimes I whisper your name and hope you answer
Sometimes it hurts how much I miss you

When you left you took a piece of me with you
And that part will never be there again
But your empty space I will carry on lovingly
And I fill it with music and sunshine

There isn’t a day that I won’t think of you
The memory light and cheerful and nice
There isn’t a day that I won’t carry you
In my heart and in my being