I am preparing a display of shells for the senior center here in Carrollton.
On the top shelf I  will have old shell items.  One is a "motto" or saying
in an old metal  oval frame from the early 1900's which I will share with
the list.  It is entitled "Life" and has a small drawing of a baby sitting
in a shell at the edge of the water with a sunburst in the background.  Very
small illustration.  Anyhow it reads:

             LIFE

A dew drop fell
   upon a shell;
A ray of sunshine
  pierced it there.
The shell grew dry,
   the dew drop high
Toward heaven went:
   Thus ends life's
            care.

by Nathan Kaplan

Ardeth Hardin, Carrollton Tx
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