My name is Lisa and I have been collecting rocks since I can remember! I brought so many rock memories to my classroom over 33 years with so many of my rock stories. I would read Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor to start our rock adventure. I would show my National Geo premade gemstone collections-raw and tumbled. I shared my love of going to the County Fair, not for the food, rides, animals or the fun, but for the Geodes! In the Gem and Mineral Building, in the very back corner of the exhibit sat my old friend with his boxes of Geodes for me to choose from. For a small fee he would saw the geode in front of you and make the big "reveal"! You can imagine how sad I was to learn that he retired before I could introduce my twin grandkids. My best teacher gift was a big box of "rocks"!!