Say What?

 I wanted to take a moment to explain the title of my blog. The title Twenty Froggies comes from a nursery rhyme/lullaby that has been passed down through 4 generations of my family. My great-grandmother, grandmother, and mom all sang it to their children/grandchildren/great-grandchildren. So now it is the only song that I can sing to Sophie to calm her down.

My grandmother passed away suddenly this past year and the last time I saw her she was singing the song to Sophie. My biggest sadness surrounding her death was knowing that my children would not get to know her like I did. Whenever I sing the song to Sophie I think of her and know she's watching out for me in her own way. She knew the struggles that I now face and if she could get through them it gives me hope that I will make it out on the other end as wonderful a person as she was. This blog is in a sense "dedicated" to her because she constantly reminds me that the struggles of those who came before us were really no different than the struggles we face today.

Twenty Froggies
Twenty froggies went to school
Down beside a rushy pool.
Twenty little coats of green,
Twenty vests all white and clean.

"We must be on time," said they,
"First we study, then we play.
That is how we keep the rule,
When we froggies go to school."

Master Bullfrog, grave and stern,
Taught the classes in their turn;
Taught them how jump and dive,
Also, how to to nobly strive.

From his seat upon a log,
Taught them how to say Kerchog.
Twenty froggies grew up fast,
Bullfrogs they became at last.

Polished to a high degree,
As each froggie ought to be,
Now they sit on other logs,
Teaching other little frogs.