The Pond

Dear Friends,

Last spring when riding along the bike trail on his way to school, my son almost ran over a red-eared slider turtle and asked if he could bring it home.  Seeing as they are an invasive species I said “sure, so long as you build me a turtle pond to house it in.”

So he set off to work, for the better part of the spring he was digging a hole and setting up the pond whenever he had time away from his classes.  Once his brother came home from school the two of them went right to work continuing to build and improve that pond.

Countless hours of work, one missing turtle, a super cute tiny creek, pond plants growing like weeds, a bevy of mosquito-eating fish (which, by the way, are amazing at decimating mosquito larvae population, hooray!) a bunch of goldfish, and one adorable koi later and we have a pond that gives the three of us, plus the birds, the squirrels, the bees and the local neighborhood cats immense amounts of joy.  The vision isn’t fully complete yet, but it’s on its way.

Mr. turtle might not be around anymore, but he sure was an inspiration in our backyard.

We all get inspiration in life at times.  Sometimes that inspiration comes in the form of joyful and fun circumstances, and sometimes, sometimes that inspiration comes in the form of heartache and sadness…but even after the reason for the inspiration has disappeared, whether that inspiration was fortunate or unfortunate, we can still choose to use that momentum, that inspiration for good in our lives.

I hope you have an inspired week, my friend.

Love
Krista