• The Beaded Cross of Strength

    Some gifts are given not for birthdays or celebrations, but for the moments when words feel too thin to carry what the heart wants to say. This cross was made for Roger — a friend walking through a season of uncertainty, where faith becomes both anchor and light. The beads were chosen for their warmth, each one carrying a sun-baked pattern like grains of earth. Threaded together into the shape of a cross, they became more than beads: a symbol of resilience, of steady ground beneath trembling feet. Hung on a leather cord, it is simple, sturdy, and humble — a piece meant not to dazzle, but to strengthen. To…