A look inside......

I always wanted to be a writer, more so, a song writer.  I'm not musically talented in anyway shape or form but I know good lyrics when I hear them.  I always said that if I were to write a book or a song it would be called "Heart Shaped Rock".  Since it's not likely that I will be writing a book or a song in the immediate future, it is the name of my blog (the closest I'll ever get to actually writing anything!).  As a child, I grew up in the country, always at a creek, somewhere.  Now, I'm sure I will get into the stories of my mother in the future....so let's just say for time sake that we don't have the best relationship, and leave it at that for tonight....but one thing that I do love about her is her ability to love any unique, quirky thing....little things that most look over.  She instilled that quality in me, as I tend to always fall in love with the broken, charming little things of the earth.  I remember seeing her look in the creek beds for specially shaped rocks, and seeing her excitement when she found a rock shaped as a heart.  I recognized that I picked up this habit years back and appreciate the lovely little rocks that were shaped by water and time.  The clover part of this equation is from the part of my heart that is my Granny.  I have always collected four leaf clovers, I have photo albums full of them.  I always thought that this was just something that I did but when my Granny's mind was slowly slipping away and we were seperating her belongings between the family, I was given a Bible (she had like 12!).  I could see that there were several "things"  stuffed inside and was more than excited to open it up and see what items she had deemed worthly.  There were many things, but to my surprise there were four leaf clovers placed between the pages.  By the look of these clovers, they were certainly older than I was.  I wondered where she was right at the moment she found them....how much younger was she?....still full of life.....enjoying the warm summer days.....if only there were a way to go back and see her right at very moment she found that special little creation that she valued so much to keep tucked away safely in her Bible for me to find years later.  So if you could see inside my heart shaped rock, you'd see it's full of many little quirky things including four leaf clovers.