Rock Collection

This summer I went through drawers and closets trying to organize and rearrange them. As I was cleaning out the end table in my bedroom I came across an old Ziploc baggie filled with rocks and shells. On the baggie I had written, "Meg last rock given at 8 years old 1996", "Tori last rock given at 9 years old 1998". I sat there looking at those rocks, yep, you know what happened next.....I cried and cried!!! Memories of those little hands putting those rocks in mine and smiling really big as they said, I found it just for you, Momma! Some of those rocks are just pebbles, some are big, some are in shapes of things.....I remember them saying look, this one looks like a birds egg or momma, this one is a daddy rock!

I couldn't bear to put them back in that drawer. I wanted to see them everyday and cherish those memories more often. So I found this glass vase and decided it would be perfect to display those memories!

I chose to display it in the foyer.

This little corner happens to be one of my favorites in the house. The rock that is sitting on the shelf came from a stream in Colorado where my granddaddy's ashes were scattered. The rock sitting on curio cabinet was given to me by John; he found it in the woods while deer hunting....it's in the shape of a heart. The butterfly photo was taken by Tori and then she turned it into Art and won 2nd place in an Art show with it. Then of course my girls photos.....they have their eyes close in that black & white one and it is really pretty! So I just felt that this was the most fitting place in the house. I walk past here several times a day and can look at it and smile and remember days gone by.