I was promised a beach and instead I found the world's largest bag of candy. Thousands of stones, every color a stone has any right to be. Who gave the stones permission? Nobody. They took it. Rust, slate, cream, blue, one that's basically purple and showing off about it. Somebody has to. No organization. No pattern. Just pebbles, living loud. I respect the commitment. I tried to find the prettiest one, obviously. Twenty minutes of comparing. My back hurt. My coffee went cold. In the end I picked up a plain gray one because I'd looked at it too long and now we're attached. It happens fast on the beach. Its name is Gerald. Gerald is coming home with me. He's not special. He knows. That's why we get along. Two gray hearts in a colorful world. Gerald has already seen the bathroom. He says it's fine. #pebbles #beachfind #gerald
