The day before my five-year sober anniversary, a beautiful soul named Charmaine gifted me a necklace — a single piece of sea glass wrapped in wire, with a poem she had written just for me.
That piece of sea glass changed everything. The very next day — on the 5th, the day after my five years sober — I found my very first piece of sea glass. I was fifty years old, and I’d never found one before. It was like the ocean had been waiting for me to see it — really see it — once I was ready.
Charmaine came into my life for a reason. Together, we’ve turned that gift into something bigger than us — a symbol of recovery, transformation, and hope.
This necklace is more than jewelry. It’s a keepsake — a reminder that from chaos can come beauty, and from struggle can rise strength. Every piece of sea glass was once sharp and broken, tossed and tumbled by the waves until it became something smooth, strong, and unique — just like us.
I’m so proud of every one of you warriors. We’ve earned this. We do recover. And now you can carry your own piece of that story — a piece of sea glass that represents your strength, your journey, and your recovery.
From broken bottle to sea glass, baby — we do recover.
