Rhonda is a Collector.

She has had several collections off and on during her childhood.

She collects seashells at the beach and she seems to find rocks interesting as well.

When Rhonda went to Camp Hardtner at about age 9 – 10. We packed her trunk and delivered her to the camp. We returned, on schedule on the departure day to pick her up. Several boys were handy and helped to put the trunk in the van and we were off, bound for home.

Arriving at home, I struggled to get the VERY HEAVY trunk into the house. I didn’t remember it being that heavy when I packed it but Rhonda’s Dad had been there to help me.  Finally settling in the laundry room, I opened the trunk to begin gathering her laundry.

You can just imagine my surprise to find an entire layer of Rocks / Boulders taking up the entire top shelf of the trunk!

She still has some of those rocks though not the boulders in her room today. I have to admit that they always make me smile when I see them. It reminds me how much Rhonda loves this great big world of ours and how, even as a child, she found beauty in it. It also reminds me that she will never be completely predictable!