Clean It Up

The family began their little adventure, trying to clean up the beach. All Tonya asked them to do was pick up the items and collect them in a garbage bag, which they will send in to recycle. So the family began to collect items from the beach and putting them in their individual garbage bags. 

Finding The Bottle

Tonya was busy collecting items when her eyes landed on a glass bottle half-buried in the sand. She reached in and pulled it out of the ground. It was…beautiful. The shape was so unique and the glass was opaque not see through. It had some kind of inscription on the surface, perhaps German. Tonya grew fond of it in just a few minutes.

Hold Onto It

Tonya decided to keep the bottle for herself. Maybe she will decorate it on her bookshelf, or her nightstand. She was not sure but she knew she wanted to keep it. So instead of putting it in the garbage bag, she put it aside in her bag. Once that was out of the way, she continued with the cleaning.

Finishing Up

Eight bags of garbage down, the Illman family was finishing up with the cleaning. Tonya was immensely proud of everyone. They did such a wonderful job. The mechanic was here when they were busy cleaning, so the car was ready to go as well. Except they were so tired, they decided to take a raincheck on the excursion.

Heading Home

They will plan their little trip for next weekend, but for now, they wanted to head home. So they put everything back in the car and got back on the road. The children fell asleep in the back seats nearly halfway down the road. Once home, they all got in their bed after a long tiring day and fell asleep almost instantly. 

The Next Day

Tonya was sitting on the front porch sipping on her second cup of coffee. She was busy reading the newspaper when she recalled the events of yesterday. She totally forgot about the glass bottle she brought home from that beach. She quickly got up to find it.