Crazy for Crystals

They came in plastic bags, like some marble, only smaller in size. You soak them in the water. They expand into the marble size. That’s all they do. The girls call them “crystals” and are crazy about them. They exchange the packages. It’s part of the after school ritual. We walk in a tiny store next to the school. Sienna would get a package of the “crystals” and I would get a bunch of water lilies. I remember when I was little, we collected candies wrappers. Things have certainly evolved.