Marbles

When I was a young girl, my family lived in France for 2.5 years. I have a lot of wonderful memories from there and fun stories to reminisce with my family about. Oh how I miss it and can't wait to go back!

One great memory is the games we would play during recess. There was quite a trend with marbles for a while. I remember wearing my hip-pack to school every day, full of marbles. I loved to hear them all rattling together and feel the weight of them bouncing against me as I walked around. The heavier they felt and the more noise they made, the better I felt about myself. Because it meant I had been winning more games on the playground :). I remember staring at each individual marble during my free time. I found them to be so beautiful and mesmerizing. And they were all different! I imagined that they looked similar to a sky full of planets.

Brynlee got some marbles at Christmas this past year. The other day I pulled them out and decided to teach Tyler the proper way to play. I showed him how to correctly "flick" it with his thumb, and the rules, etc. I realized I still haven't grown out of it! As I was crawling around on the floor flicking marbles with my boy, it brought so many memories flooding back and made me giddy all over again about this silly game. I had such a fun time passing on that part of my childhood to my own children, and hope it's fun for them too.

Plus, I still think they're so beautiful.