Three Little Stones

   I've seen them over the years, the three small stones on Dorothy's headstone.  They've  appeared to have been arranged there, as if deliberately placed. All my visits to her grave have been solitary ones, and I knew I hadn't put the stones there.  I assumed it was the kids.  I remembered how some of my own children, on cemetery visits when they were young, would decorate their grandparents' graves with small things found in the cemetery, pinecones, ferns or such.
   A few days ago, I found out the answer, though the question was unasked, during a  chance meeting with an old friend.  She told me how much she missed Dorothy, and said if I ever noticed little stones on Dorothy's headstone she was the one who put them there. The placement of the stones is a Jewish tradition and is meant to symbolize good fortune.