In August 2008 on our way home from our first trip to Maine, we stopped in Newport, Rhode Island. While stopping at a beach along the Cliff Walk, we ran into a woman looking for heart-shaped rocks along the predominantly-pebbled beach. It seemed like the perfect idea for someone who authors a blog called Hearts Everywhere. Thus the hobby was born. I’ve been collecting them through life and travels. I write the date and where I found it. They live in the bathroom that used to be just mine before it became just mine and the baby’s. The girls’ room.

The rock that started the collection.