Barbara Lawlor, Nederland.  Although the pieces of pink quartz, the two geodes and the newly planted flowers weren’t the original keepsakes that had decorated Kyndall’s grave stone, they filled her mother’s heart with joy and gratitude.

“God bless them” she said. “Whoever they are.”

Kyndall Sable Campbell was six years old when she died in a gas explosion in her house. She was mourned by an entire community and then put to rest in the Nederland Cemetery where a large granite teddy bear was erected at her gravesite.

For 30 years, Kyndall’s mom Patty has planted flowers every spring and said hello to the pink rocks she brought back from the Black Hills and the blue geodes that shared the ledge on the teddy bear monument.

A couple weeks ago, when she went to tend the grave, the mementos were gone and she was devastated. A story in the Mountain-Ear asked that if anyone knew where these, not worth any money, but nonetheless priceless rocks are, to please put them back. To bring peace to a mother’s heart.

The original rocks have not been returned, but on Monday afternoon, when Patty went to water the flowers, she was astounded to see two large pink quartz rocks and a couple of geodes on the teddy bear’s ledge, right where the other rocks were.

“They are absolutely beautiful,” says Patty. “I am so happy that there is someone who is so kind and generous in this community. We have a lot of good-hearted people here in Nederland, and I send them love and hugs.”