Diamonds in the rough
They aren’t really diamonds. Not the type of diamonds mined from deep within the earth. These ones wash up on the beach. The Cape May diamonds that I found while beach combing on the Jersey shore shown in the picture above just spent a few months in various stages of being tumbled in my rock tumbler at home. They will be shared with our students who are making Affirmation of their Baptism this weekend. Reflecting on diamonds (no pun intended) I considered all the ways that w