"After months of planning and preparation, another wedding day unfolds and the bride looks to the future with anticipation. The dress worn long ago has been preserved with great care for this day. And the locket, also a gift from the past, now finds a new resting place near a new heart as the custom is passed on.

Generations of women in her family have worn this precious heirloom. Stories have been woven around it…happiness and tears intertwined. The young bride feels her heartbeat against it. Time will not dim the golden memories of the locket. They will retain their unburnished glow through the years."

- James Lumbers