(Sorry the pictures are a little fuzzy. I had a difficult time photographing it while minimizing the glare from the lamination.)
This frog came to live with Lydia sometime during her Senior year of high school. Her frog's "speech bubble" says: Our God is a consuming fire. Heb. 12:29.
I am not sure how it all started, but she began to put the label off of every piece of fruit she ate on this poster. It started off with the common fruits like lots of oranges and apples. Then it became a game to find unusual looking labels on exotic fruits.
As she worked through the summer as a life guard at Glen Lake Camp, she continued to "feed" her frog. Then there was a rush to complete the poster before she left for ACU in August. She met her goal; I took the poster to school and laminated it and it decorated her dorm wall.
There were other posters. In fact, I think she kept one going all during her undergraduate years. On subsequent posters, though, she had a brother, sisters, parents and grandparents saving stickers for her. With very few exceptions, Lydia actually ate every piece of fruit represented by a sticker on this frog.
Silly as it may be, this Frog Prince represents a very special, fun time in a pretty chaotic time of our lives. Thanks for making me smile today, green froggy, and for prompting me to tell another story!
Aw, I remember that poster! Fun!
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