Collecting

My son collects rocks. Most are not special rocks in any way to anybody else...just rocks he picks up from outside. They're special to him. They could be shiny and colorful but they could just as well be dull, gray and like the million of other rocks in my flower beds. He usually forgets to take them out of his pocket so I usually find it in my washing machine or clothes dryer.

I have a small collection of rocks, gemstones, crystals and I've bought some for the kids as well (I also collect Egyptian god and goddess statues and knives). When the Harry Potter craze was on, I made them wands out of branches we picked up in the woods of northern Michigan complete with gemstone attached to the ends. They were kind of neat for a beginner, lol.

My son also collects comic books and Pokemon cards. All of our older kids have collected Pokemon cards at one time. My husband even brought them back from Japan with him so they had them in Japanese. Now that my son is that age, he likes to collect the same things his older siblings did (wish we'd kept their collection now). He's definitely a collector out of the bunch of them.

Actually, I think he's a Pack Rat in the making but only time will tell.