Have a Froggy day, be hoppy and make a large splash!
I am asked every so often why I started Little frog ®. There are actually many reasons, I normally go with the simple one of it starting with a frog hat. Today while doing a check on my USPS tracking, I started to think about the boxes that would come in the mail when I was younger.
I had grandparents that lived on a different Island, so my grandma used to send things by mail. We would occasionally get a box filled with various things she had made or bought for us. Bags, coin purses, clothes, blankets, toys, cookies, candies, etc. And during the summer we would visit them and go to the Obon festival. My siblings and I would wear the Happi coats my grandma made for us.
The bags and purses that my grandma gave always came with a bell. A couple years ago my sister and I were cleaning out the things at my parents house, and I was getting rid of an old purse of mine. My sister stop me and took off a red bell and said "that's a grandma bell." That red bell on a purple string(from the purse I discarded) is what I sometimes carry with me, and with every jingle I think of my grandma. I still have a small collection of bells that came from my grandma.
Funny how a little thing like a jingle of a bell can make you smile and remember someone you wished was still around. This is one of the many reasons of why I created Little frog ®, it too reminds me of my grandparents and all the things my grandma made.
