People have memories, recollections of what once was. To hold these moments and bring them to the present, select people wear jewelry. For many individuals here at Fishers High School, jewelry acts as a souvenir of the past and holds sentimental value. The cool metal on skin and the subtle weight of a pendant wrapped behind the neck. These are reminders of former days, now materialized into pieces people can always carry with them.
Parker Sharp, a sophomore at FHS, owns a necklace that he finds personal value in. The necklace itself is a silver chain with a red star charm on the end. This possession of his closely revolves around two important people in his life.
“This chain is from my grandad who passed away in 2019,” Sharp said. “It was something he wore every single day, it feels like a thing of good luck to me.”
Not only does the chain stand for an important person in Sharp’s past, but the pendant represents a person of the present.
“The charm that I have on the chain, it’s a star,” Sharp stated. “I don’t really know what it symbolizes, but my girlfriend gave it to me at the beginning of our relationship.”
Like Sharp’s sentiment, junior Delaney Prater also has a personal connection to her jewelry. One piece of Prater’s jewelry, her bracelet, is significant to her role in the FHS marching band.
“[My bracelet] is from my marching band show last year when I marched,” Prater recalled. “It helps me remember the people I marched with.”
Prater also said that she wears her jewelry on a daily basis. The fact that she always adorns herself with these pieces can reveal the personal importance behind her jewelry.
Junior Dioni Allen also has a sentiment regarding the jewelry that she wears.
“I always grew up around women like my grandma and mom who wore jewelry,” Allen expressed. “I just kind of took inspiration off of that growing up.”
The people she was closest to when she was younger inspired her to curate a similar look as she aged.
Jewelry holds special and different meanings among many here at Fishers High School, that meaning varies from person to person.
“I like to wear my jewelry knowing what it means to me, even though no one else knows,” Sharp said.
