Strength Stories
Each Traveling Pendant™ carries real stories logged by real people. When someone scans their pendant, they can add their story of strength, wear it as a reminder, and pass it on — creating a living chain of hope and connection you can explore here.
Pendant #276 – Life after Mastectomy
I have just begun my journey. I have been diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma. I have had a double mastectomy. I am in the process of recuperating and evaluation of the next step is...
Pendant #106 – Journey of a Lifetime
Last September I embarked on a journey of a life time, I walked 500 miles across Spain on the Camino de Santiago. It was a spiritual and physical trek, one I will never forget. Before leaving my...
Pendant #1,351 – Pull Strength
I’ve been avoiding writing this story for a couple weeks now. So I think, perhaps, I won’t. I’m not ready to call upon the dark memories and struggles that entails the loss of my 4-year-old son...
Pendant #234 – Comfort
I was the winner of the February necklaces. I had to wait to register until I gifted the other necklace. My necklace has given me strength to handle several things that have been happening in my...
Pendant #1,603 – God Claimed Me
God claimed me as His when I was a young child. I’ve always known He was there and even when I forget who I am, where I’m going or why life is the way it is, He has my heart and gives me...
Pendant #253 – Let it go
I bought a pendant for myself and one to share. I'm going to wear mine till I feel it's time to pass on. I lost my best friend Janet Kane on July 12th, 2017 to stage 4 lung cancer. I miss her...
Pendant #1,351 – We Are Held
Recently I experienced one of the greatest losses of my life. One day she was here. And then one day she wasn’t here anymore at all. New Year’s Day 2022 was one of the last times I spent with...
Pendant #800 – Love and Loss
I lost my daughter as a baby, little did I know tragedy would come again and I would lose my 16 year old son. Some days are harder than others but we cannot give up the fight. We have to keep...
Pendant #238 – Rasing My Glass
I was recently diagnosed with MFH - soft tissue cancer. I was just having a small cyst removed in my arm but two surgeries later and after many tests I am starting Day 1 of a 25 day cycle of...
Pendant #2068 – Starting Over, Scared But Brave
My sister always wore this and I admired it. When my divorce started she took it off and put it around my neck. I can't tell you how much that meant to me. I cherish it every day. I didn’t...
Pendant #780 – Strength During Uncertain Times
I was given this traveling pendant from my neighbor, Beth. Her husband passed away in November of 2020. I was diagnosed with lung cancer in August of 2020. I have never smoked. I had ovarian...
Pendant #1,358 – Encouraging Women
I was touched to receive a Traveling Pendant from Jeanne Porter the founder and Executive Director of Women in Christian Leadership. My heart was touched by her generosity and my eyes filled with...
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