Pāhonoa te oro

My nephew, who’s about three years old, recently noticed all the rocks and crystals I have around the house. He got really curious and asked me about them. So I explained that most of them were ones I found myself… just because they looked beautiful or interesting. Some of them, like the big quartz crystals, I actually mined on my own. And others came from special places or memories — like volcanic rocks or little artifacts I’d picked up over time. Then I told him, “I don’t know… I guess I ju