gold charmsA friend is turning 30 this weekend and while she is excited for the party, the number really scares her. She is a good six years older than I am so I understand why she feels old. Not that age really has any bearing on friendship. 30 is a time when a lot of people her age are starting families. She is single, from what I can tell not interested in getting married anytime soon but at the same time is facing the cold reality of getting older. I want to help make her birthday less about the number and more about having fun. There are going to be enough people who ask her how she feels about completing another decade.

Online, I found three gold charms that represent her 30 years. The gold charms reminded me of a younger demographic. 30 years old is pretty young. She looks young and while more mature than me still into things you’d expect a early 20s person to be about. The gold charms are symbolic of her age but at the same time a note to youth.