The “Hope Is a Rainbow” author’s necklaces represent Kotb’s next chapter in life, as she announced on Thursday that she’s leaving NBC after 26 years to focus on parenting her daughters.

Hoda shared on TODAY on March 6 that a friend sent her the piece of jewelry while Hoda's daughter Hope, 3, spent more than a week in the hospital recently with an illness.

Hoda Kotb has talked about her meaningful pieces of jewelry on Today with Hoda & Jenna, revealing in a 2022 episode (per E! News ) that she has necklaces that read “Haley” and “Hope,” as ...