[a moment] of beauty

[moment 299]

It caught my eye as I walked through my parents' dining room - around a decanter was my mom's "grandchildren" necklace  along with a dragonfly necklace. My first thought was that it was a strange place for necklaces, my second was that they looked really pretty there, and my third was that the grandchild charms were not accurate anymore. And that there's beauty in all of that. 

There is beauty in the unexpected.

There is beauty in things that capture the eye.

There is beauty in the fact that seven grandchildren get to be who they are when what they are doesn't match what we all incorrectly assumed they were at birth. And that they are all loved and cherished for who they are.