“A week or so after my grandfather died, my dad took my grandma to the gravesite so she could spend quiet time with her husband. While there, she gathered a small handful of pebbles from the ground above where his body rested. All day, she held the stones in the palm of her hand; she said they made her feel close to him. Dad took one of the stones and when he got home he had a jeweler set it in an antique ring setting so Grandma could always hold Grandpa close. She wore it always.”