Interesting Reflections on Leap Day

Thursday Thoughts, Leap Day Insight, Sharing Moments for Women

It has taken me a few minutes to realize why a frog image is on my search bar. Personally, I have had a deep phobia of this specific gross creature since I was 2 years old. Ask anyone who has heard me scream at TV commercials, films, or outdoor activities, or has seen me totally avoid my pond from April to November. I even used to pay my growing sons a fee if they got any out of our pool or shot them in the pond with a BB gun. Truly, if you wanted to kill me, just send me a frog.

I looked at February 29th as a cool day, once every four years, when you have an entire day to do some “You Only Live Once” adventure to make the day count. Still, today with a snowstorm outside the window, an annual tax appointment already done driving in the blizzard to it, and now disgusting frogs showing up on my screen, I think February 29th is more of a bad day for me.

Luckily, I was never close to giving birth to my two sons at the end of February and had a cousin miss the day by one day. Being a big birthday celebration person, I wouldn’t want anyone I know not able to see their actual birthday on a calendar every year. Or have I been wrong all this time and someone born on 2/29 prizes their special day and overdoes every single birthday celebration that arrives on their actual birth date of 2/29?

All I can tell you is the tax appointment went well, the snow is starting to settle, and my athletic self will relish shoveling the driveway with the best attitude of all….because no frogs are hiding on the path, under the blanket of white, or anywhere nearby.  Enjoy your own kind of leap day, friends.

Note: Yes, I did scream at the images I was searching through for this blog since they had many frogs on them! No lie.