"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."
-Bertha Calloway
Civil rights leader, activist and historian as well as founder of the Great Plains Black History Museum in Omaha Nebraska 1925-2017
 
Can't say it better than that. 
The talisman is hand cast from a 1960's sterling silver medallion.  All of our pieces are hand made so no two are exactly alike.
 
The vintage glass beads in this necklace are of Venetian origin.  The 4-layer “watermelon” chevrons were made by the glass crafters on the island of Murano, Italy in the 1800's.  Hand strung by us!