The Pond

One of the best things about our house growing up in the summer and winter was the pond at the far end of the property. Here is where I learned to swim, canoe, fish, dive, ice skate, make boats that float and train dogs. I also met some neat creatures above and under the water. The pond was filled with blue gills, bass, cat fish, crawfish, turtles, frogs, toads, ducks, geese and other things. I would give names to all my new little friends. Almost everyday I would visit and swim for hours. My parents almost thought I was part fish from the amount of time I spent in water each day.

The neat part about water, once you learn how to swim and float, is you are now exposed to another world that lives within our world contained by the ground walls. If you learn to float, it makes you feel weightless and allows you to imagine what it would feel like to be in outer space. When diving in the water you discover another way to move in a direction without walking or touching ground. You also discover how precious

air is to your body for life and there are somethings you just can't take for granite. Just like how water is precious to fish for life.

Next time you take a leap into a body of water, think about what it provides you and develop an adventure around your experience. Did you be come a mermaid or merman? Did you help a baby fish escape from a big fish? Did a duck carry away frog eggs on it's feet to another body of water to help develop another world? It is up to you.