Turtle Treasures

Ahhh February! ♥ The LOVE month!  Who couldn’t use more love?   So speaking of love, how about those heart rocks.  You know the ones you find that are shaped like a heart!  I have a twin sister Pattie.  She and I were due on April Fool’s Day, but arrived on Valentine’s Day.  I won’t say what year.  But it has always made us feel special!

I started bringing her home “heart shaped” rocks and pebbles from Presque Isle, Erie PA in August of 1992.  She got remarried on Aug.1 of that year and my husband John and I took all our kids and their kids, a total of 11 camping the day after the wedding, while they honeymooned.  We camped in an old pop-up and a couple tents and our old Dodge maxi-van!  I still remember this huge storm that blew in off the lake! But as usual we had a GREAT time and made many memories swimming and biking and playing together.  I took her home a heart shaped rock I found on the beach to honor her new marriage and remind her of our love.  Since then I have brought home countless ones that she adds to an overflowing antique toy wagon.  She still treasures them all and each new one is a wonder and special in it’s own way.

I now have added them to many, many turtles!  They get really cute with a heart rock on their back, surrounded by lucky stones and pebbles.  And then you get to give them the fun names, like “Lucky In Love,”  “Dance Into My Heart,” or “Love Never Fails!”  I always hope that they really touch people and make them think about how loved they are.

We are so “loved” you know, by the Creator of it all!  Those heart rocks on the beach ought to make us think about how much God does love us.  ‘Cause He does! And that just ought to chase the Winter cold away and “warm up” any heart!