The Magic of Sea Glass

by Jenny Hale

“A bottle has to be abandoned and shattered—completely lost—and then each piece is gathered up, caressed, and meticulously smoothed by the ocean. It takes years—sometimes a hundred years—to etch the glass into the smooth shape you find on the beach.” She let go of Lauren, her cane wobbling on the uneven planks of wood under their feet. “The nature of it alone makes it feel like hope from a broken past, to me.”