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  PKS822 said:

  When I was teaching special education, I wanted my students to realize that learning to read was the key to all that they would learn in the future.  I decided that I wanted a key as a piece of jewelry to wear as a reminder for them. I searched until I found an old fashioned looking key pendant made of sterling silver. Now that I am no longer teaching, I am thinking of passing it onto a friend who has recently started to teach special ed.

  December 1, 2007 8:46 PM
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  jlc1122 said:

  My parents run a locksmith shop, and so I've been surrounded by keys my whole life. I love to pick out unusual or interesting keys out of the throw away bucket to use in my projects, and I tend to gravitate toward anything with a lock and/or key motif especially fun charms.

  February 2, 2008 1:33 PM
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  mar55 said:

  Although my memory has nothing to do with beading, your mention of a special memory having to do with keys unlocked an event long forgotten.

  I had the kind of dad who was always there for you. Although often absent and working long hours, when push came to shove, he was there when you needed him - when your car wouldn't start in the middle of the night, when you needed help putting your furniture together, on moving day when all your friends' promises of help never materialized.

  One evening I was sitting down to dinner with a friend when I realized I'd locked my keys in my car, so of course, I called my Dad, who interrupted his and my Mom's plans for the evening to grab the spare set of keys he kept for everything I owned, so that he could drive over to where I was enjoying my own evening, and rescue me yet again.

  Such a simple thing, and yet so enormous. My Dad passed away just a few months ago and I miss him terribly, and except for your request for a special key story I might not have remembered this. Thanks for helping me to remember.

  February 8, 2008 12:09 PM
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  Beading Ballerina said:

  I do not have any keys of my own yet, but I do collect a lot of keychains. Whenever I go on vacation, I buy something from that place to help me remember my fun time. This way when I do drive, I will not forget my memorable vacations.

  April 3, 2008 5:21 PM
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  judyfreyerthompson said:

  I grew up with my grandparents living in the house beside ours, a wonderful old 1800's brick house, many of original doors were still there, as well as the keys to the locks.  I always loved these old keys!  Over the past few months I have collected old keys, from brass ones to plain steel.  In order to do justice to my collected keys I made a bracelet and used them as charms around the outside with a quote stamped on the bracelet itself. 'Happiness comes through doors you never knew you left open'  I thought this was a great way to pay homage to my old keys, and make my memory of that old house stay alive.

  April 16, 2008 7:36 PM