our story

 This is a story born from struggle, grief, love, loss & friendship.  Once upon a time, two mermaids met in their therapist's waiting room.  It was an instant connection.  Both were wrestling with divorce & how to create a peaceful, loving home for their children. Together they practiced all that they learned in therapy.  They read Brene Brown books & learned how to be equal exchange, marble jar friends by practicing honesty even when it was uncomfortable.  They would go for walks, talk, listen, cry, curse & process.  As the mermaids grew into their authentic selves & their children ventured further from home, the sea called to them.  Each mermaid created a new beginning by the sea.  One mermaid moved to Cape Cod, the other to Maine. They continued their marble jar friendship through phone dates, snail mail & girl's getaways.  It was on one of these getaways that Mermaid Marbles...the art of letting go was born. Both mermaids were grieving the loss of their dads & struggling to redefine relationships with their adult children. Life just felt so heavy with so much to let go of before they could move forward. The Cape Cod Mermaid had the idea to write on pieces of glass what they were struggling to let go of.  The mermaids headed to the beach to walk, talk, listen, cry, curse & process. They pulled each piece of glass out of their pockets, reading aloud what they had written, acknowledging what they had been holding on to, then tossing it into the surf...physically letting it go. These mermaids believed that struggle leads to beautiful things. Letting go of their struggles, they had turned it over to the tides, letting the waves wrestle with it & wash away all they had been holding on to.  One day those pieces of glass would get caught up in the tide, ride the waves to shore & land on the beach as sea glass...a treasure to be found & each one a piece of their heart.