Today at Thanksgiving at Veterans we gave out shells and lucky rocks as token gifts of gratitude and friendship.
The rocks remind us that they jumped out of the earth and into our hands as blessings with no effort of their own; we too are moved by forces bigger than us that use us in ways we can't always see.
The seashells tell a story about creatures unaware they were creating beautifully perfect geometric art, and they are a reminder that we can't know or what our legacy will be.
Happy Thanksgiving.