{"id":1193,"date":"2007-06-21T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2007-06-21T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/06\/not-mrs-bushs-pearls.html"},"modified":"2007-06-21T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2007-06-21T15:00:17","slug":"not-mrs-bushs-pearls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/06\/not-mrs-bushs-pearls.html","title":{"rendered":"Not Barbara Bush&#8217;s Pearls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"restrungpearls.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/183\/import\/restrungpearls.jpg\" width=\"228\" height=\"350\" style=\"float:right;margin: 5px\" \/>As I recently examined a pearl necklace my mother left me, holding it up to my neck in the mirror, I thought: &#8220;Gosh, it&#8217;s too bad I will never, ever, wear this.&#8221;<br \/>\nBut take note of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bindhu.org\/Pearls.php\" target=\"_new\">what spiritual jewelery designers are doing with pearls today<\/a>. There <em>are <\/em>other ways to mix and string pearls in longer strands to kick them out of their prim, conservative appearance. You don&#8217;t have to be strangled by them close to the neck.<br \/>\nSo next time I&#8217;m feeling flush and frisky, I&#8217;ll just have my mother&#8217;s pearls restrung!<br \/>\nPearls are said here to &#8220;amplify feminine lunar energy.&#8221;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a nice old wives&#8217; tale that the wearing of pearls helps infertile women get pregnant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I recently examined a pearl necklace my mother left me, holding it up to my neck in the mirror, I thought: &#8220;Gosh, it&#8217;s too bad I will never, ever, wear this.&#8221; But take note of what spiritual jewelery designers are doing with pearls today. 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