This is a Senryu for the Smooth Challenge
WORRY STONE
Smooth green worry stone
gifted when they were teenage
now gathering dust.
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Author's notes: A smooth green worry stone was a perfect gift for a mom who tends to worry too much or has teenagers.
Fortunately, a teen friend of my daughter's gave me my worry stone. (Side note, they were both teenagers.)
Giving credit to the smooth green worry stone, I survived their teen years.
Mahalo!
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Babs Iverson
Barbara J Iversen, also known as Babs Iverson, lives in Texas and loves her grandkids to the moon and back. After writing one story, she found that writing has many benefits especially during a pandemic and a Texas-size Arctic Blast.
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March 15, 2026
Merriam Webster - Word of the day: Tranche refers to a division or portion of a whole. World Contact Day is commemorated every year on March 15. It is a unique observance held globally to focus on communicating with extraterrestrial life and exploring the possibility that intelligent beings may exist beyond Earth. World Contact Day inspires people to invoke their curiosity and spend time thinking about the universe and the mysteries surrounding it. What is the “Ides of March”? According to the Roman calendar, the Ides are a monthly occurrence. In March and other months with 31 days, the Ides always falls on the 15th; it falls on the 13th in months with 30 days. The Ides traditionally marked the arrival of the new Moon and was cause for celebration. The word “Ides” is derived from Latin, meaning “to divide.” Mothering Sunday in 2026 falls on Sunday, March 15. Mothering Sunday, celebrated in the United Kingdom and Ireland, occurs on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which is exactly three weeks before Easter. Unlike the fixed-date Mother's Day in countries like the United States, Canada, and Australia, Mothering Sunday’s date changes each year according to the Christian liturgical calendar. On March 15, 2026, several notable observances and events are celebrated: Dumbstruck Day: A day to express frustration. Everything You Think is Wrong Day: A day to challenge and celebrate wrong beliefs. International Day Against Police Brutality: A day to raise awareness and advocate against police violence. My look at today, March 15, 2026 below:
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Comments (23)
Having tactile stimulation when in those states of 'nerve-wrackeded-ness' from teens and the stuff they do...super-duper helpful 😉😊
Great for the smooth challenge! In Ojibwe, there is animate and inanimate. A stone is inanimate and a rock is animate. I'm guessing those stones are really rocks.😉❤️
Thanks for teaching me something today. I enjoyed reading this short piece and I am glad to hear that you no longer need a worry stone.
I’m glad it is resting.
Cool stone!
Sorry I missed this one somehow! No teens or human children of any kind,,,but a worry stone sounnds like a must have!
Love it! I remember these! They are very helpful, I should get another to keep myself from picking at my cuticles 🫣🫣
I want a worry stone! I still have teenagers at home. Nice entry Babs
I have a worry stone too! I should have one for each hand though...hahaha. Great one, Babs :)
I have a collection of seaside stones, I am going to use one as a worry stone. I love the poem and the idea. I so need one right now.
I surely remember them, mine ate collecting dust elsewhere these days, nice poem Babs 😊😊
Lovely! I think I need one, I have 2!
Cleverly done… the things you learn 🙃
That's beautiful. I never heard of a worry stone. Fascinating.
Awesome job Babs! Uber-interesting! :) I've never heard of a worry stone before... I'll have to look into it!
Nice 😊
Like how does that work? We gotta rub it whenever we're worried? I'd rather throw them at someone, lol. Loved your Senryu!
Didn't receive much as a kid but those things are treasures-ie Renard
So you no longer worry about them now that they're grown?
Love it! I can almost feel it in my hands.
A wonderful positive poem!
Ah, I am going to read this as a very positive thing.
This was a great