Endurance Key Tag

Front: “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice”
Back: “Life is tough but so are you”

At a glance

• Theme: long, quiet strength: the months that don't end
• Good for: a long treatment, caring for a parent or child, single parenting, a long deployment, a slow recovery
• Gift for: a caregiver, a single parent, someone in long treatment, a friend carrying a lot for a long time
• Finish: Antique Bronze (brass alloy) with an antique patina, so each one is unique; key ring included
• Size: 39 mm, about 1 oz, die struck in the USA

The meaning

Some hard times are short and loud. Others are long and quiet: the treatment that lasts months, the parent who needs care every day, the year of doing everything alone. The front is for those: you never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.

The back is the four word answer for the days that feel like too much: life is tough, but so are you.

On good days and hard days

• On good days, it is a reminder of everything you have already come through, and of the strength you built doing it.
• On hard days, when you are tired and it feels like too much, it gives you words to hold on to: life is tough, but so are you. One more day.

Why a key tag

Keys come with you on the drive to the hospital, the night shift and the early start. That makes them the right place for this reminder: every time you pick them up, it tells you that you can do one more day. It carries the same artwork as the Endurance Coin: a man down on one knee, breaking the chains on his arms under a cracked sky on the front, and life is tough but so are you inside a ring of heavy chain links and barbed wire on the back.

Give it

Give it to someone who is carrying a lot for a long time: a caregiver, a single parent, a friend in treatment, a family with someone deployed. It tells them you see how strong they have had to be. Pair it with the Endurance Coin for someone who wants both.

Specs

• Diameter: 1.54 in (39 mm)
• Thickness: 2.7 mm
• Weight: about 1 oz (28 g)
• Material: brass alloy, Antique Bronze finish
• Made: die struck, minted in the USA
• Each key tag is antiqued with a special patina so it looks like it has already been in circulation. The patina never settles the same way twice, so no two key tags look exactly alike. Small variations in color and shading are normal, and they are what make yours one of a kind.
• Key ring included

Questions

What does “you never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice” mean?
That real strength often shows up only when there is no other option, and that you have more of it than you think.

What is a good gift for a caregiver?
Something small that recognizes how much they carry. This key tag says it on the back: life is tough, but so are you.

Is it the same design as the Endurance Coin?
Yes, the artwork is the same on both sides. The key tag simply adds a loop so it can hang from your keys.

Will my key tag look exactly like the photos?
Very close, but never identical. Each key tag is antiqued with a special patina that settles differently every time, so small variations in color and shading from the photos are normal. They are what make yours one of a kind.

Want it in your pocket instead? See the Endurance Coin.

Care: keep it dry and wipe it with a soft cloth. No polishing needed; the aged finish is part of the look.

Original design by EDC Reminder Coins, protected by copyright. We don't take custom orders.