Opals

The scientists told me that it was possible. They convinced me that the gems could be formed rapidly beneath the tree in my parent's front yard. All we needed were ferns, dirt and some other chemical component they didn't bother to name for me. I knelt under the cool umbrella of that tree and dug the earth with my pointer fingers and sure enough the opals were there jutting up from the soil in their milky blue state. I plucked them and deposited them into my pockets.

I awoke this morning and it occurred to me that the exposure of those beautiful opals were symbols of good luck growing out of a simple and wonderful foundation.