Why Frogs?

     My Obsession started many years ago as a little girl. I loved to hunt for them in the park that was across from our home. I knew I could find a fat, green,slippery, wort covered frog,hiding in the dewy shade. On a hot summer day in California. During that time of my life it was the only happy sure thing I could count on. Unbeknownst to me, that  little thing that moment of security would began my love for the frog.
      As they years progressed I fell more in love the quirkier animated frog, via figurines. One friend after another would bring me a frog that had some type animated face.Each big eyed face had an expression that would represent an emotion that I could connect to, happy, sad, admiration, insanity, and pure joy.  Oh how the house filled with frogs. An abundance of frogs that each day that I could find some small happiness with or through.We even had a couple of pet frogs for a short stint. All small pets are short lived when you have curious and energetic toddlers in the home.
     One sad day came as I decided to put away my childish love affair with frogs. Each frog I packed with care into many boxes. Where they stayed safely nestled away for several years. However I found my love changed and grew over time. Now with a better understanding of  frogs, I learned I was a frog too!
     How am I like that Bulgie eyed friend of so many memories? Lets take a look at what may draw me into the world of frogs.The easiest is simply their appearance. I love bold bright colors. Where else can you find so many intense and unique colors.There is a color for every mood I find myself in. I love the slim line bodies with their long powerful legs. A shape I can find familiar and comfort in. Then there is the water. I often find myself drawn to water, as if it has some kind of magnetic pull. I find myself the healthiest and happiest when I am near water. I am much like the frog that must have water in order to survive. At the end of a tough day I can be found soaking up the heat of a hot bath for several hours at a time. Water can heal the many woes in life.
     I often feel like that simply under appreciated and misunderstood frog in this spinning and crazy world.
The frog is generally over looked as if it serves no point in this world outside of eating flying insects. Small , useless, and unloved. Yet frogs are amazingly sensitive animals.They can tell us so much about our surrounding environment. The slightest change in their environment can wipe out an entire species of frogs. Yet with taking notice of these little environmental friends we can see so much more. I am a people watcher of sorts taking in all that i see, looking to see what one little thing or person can do. I am always willing to offer my help yet often dismissed as if my thoughts do not matter. No I am not an over educated person with a useless degree i  will never use, nor is the frog. However that does not nullify my points or feelings or the important ques we get from the frog. My environment is subject to change just as the frogs. An as with the frog, environment changes are fine if they are slow. I do not mind change just as long as I have time to adjust or its under my terms.
     Research has shown that frogs have great hearing and eye sight. With that said to the great dismay of my children I have fantastic hearing. That allows me to be in tune with the sounds around me. As well as the sounds of a mischief making child.That keen sense of hearing enables the survival of our little frog friends and children.Just as you and I come in a variety of shapes and sizes so do frogs, long and slim, large and robust. There is a frog for everyone! I always have said big things come in small packages. Such as the mighty power they have within their lanky legs to some of the world most potent poison.  Let us pause on that for a moment. In the frog world the showier the color and smaller the frog, generally means the more toxic/poisonous it is. Sounds familiar! I have always notices the shower high maintenance women to be quit toxic and short men exceptionally angry.Okay Back to the frog. Ribit! Frogs have such amazing healing and medical potentials. They can act as indicator of our environment and the type of people we are. Huh may be we are all frogs in some way.
 Look at all this amazing ability harnesses in a little misunderstood frog. That says so little yet can invoke so much feeling. I am a frog! Small, cute, expressive, some times flashy, seldom heard, sensitive to environmental change, and hold the power to change and cure many things around me. One simple, sometimes slimy, colorful, frog bring hope to many and a smile to others.  Are you a frog too?

It would be so sad to continue to underestimate the quite voice of the frog.
Keep an eye out to see how this little frog is going to change the world. Starting with herself!
Welcome to Frog trek, the path of a changing frog.