***Dedicated to Inna Gisin (nee Pines) who with a bunch of rocks and sand, brought herself into my life at the age of 2 to my 3. And when we got reintroduced 27 years after we last saw each other, I returned the favor with sand colored decorative stones. I'm blessed to call her my friend again as adults.***

They were 2 and 3 respectively

When they met in the silliest of ways

The feisty 2 year old ran

With her tiny hands full of rocks and sand

Towards the stroller of the 3 year old

And dumped her bounty in

While the older girl looked on

Surprised and upset

As the mother of the former

Mortified apologized to the latter

And that's how they all met

Rocks introduced them

Mothers became fast friends

And the little girls played together

Sadly, they were to become separated

Due to dysfunction in the country

They lived in

Safety and future was priority number one

For both families

27 years later, the girls were reunited

In the state of Colorado where the younger

Of the two lived

The older hopping a plane with her mother

From Connecticut

To make things

More interesting

The one coming to visit brought

Decorative sand colored rocks to remind

The other of how they met

How rocks introduced them

It was a cute little history lesson

Of their past half way across the globe

Throughout the trip

The girls now mature women

In their 30s

Got to know each other as adults

So much in common

Same sense of humor

Both proud to be weird

Overcoming adversity

In more ways than one

Calling her child

Because of her small stature

The older of the two being nearly

A foot taller

They were apart for such a long time

Lived totally different lives and yet

When they came together

It was like old friends reconnecting

After not seeing each other for a year

Not 27 of them

Rocks introduced them

But their personalities

Laughter

The need and want to

Learn about each other

Given their special connection

Is what is now pushing this

Locomotive forward

Only time will tell

What is to happen

But these two girls

Have a bond

That surpasses

Time

Continents

Negativity

Blessed be

That they may grow old

Together

Perhaps a lot closer

In location and

Hearts than ever before