This story was originally posted 03/13/2007

My marble story...
I carry a small Amethyst mini-sphere in my pocket as a worry-stone.
In a previous job, when I worked in big-box retail, I was helping clean up a broken bag of marbles in the toy department. One of my employees came to me later that day and presented me with one of the glass marbles - she said for me to keep it in my pocket, that way I would always have one marble left. So I would never have "lost all my marbles".
That's how I got into the habit of having a marble in my pocket.
One day, I found an Amethyst mini-sphere in a gemstone shop, that was marble-sized. Okay, a bit smaller than a normal marble. But I LOVE Amethyst, and it is a deep, dark purple. It replaced my glass marble in my pocket (the glass one is now in my change dish on my night stand).
Then, yesterday, I reached into my pocket, and my Amethyst marble was gone.
I was devastated.
I'm always careful when I take out change or my pocketknife or keys from my pocket - careful that the mini-sphere stayed put. Yet somehow, it had escaped.
I pictured it bouncing across the hardware store's floor or rolling under the donut counter at The Marketplace.
Then, last night, at home, I discovered my Amethyst marble! On the carpeted floor in my home office.
I had stripped down in there after doing some work outside on Sunday, emptying my pockets on the desk, and putting the clothes into the washer - which is in the room right next to the home office. One of the four-footed kids must've knocked it on the floor, and in my rush to get dressed on Monday morning for work, I didn't see it on the floor.
So, I found my marble!
I was so happy, I let out a yelp of happy surprise!
Lee said from the other room, "What's wrong?"
Hard to express my jubilation in "I found my lost marble" when so many other things are awry, but it made me glad to have found my marble! I simply said, "Nothing."
But now my Amethyst mini-sphere, my marble, is back in my pocket, where it belongs.
So, just so y'all know -- I haven't lost all my marbles yet!
♥
mo

Manic Monday Marble Mahem


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