Okay here is my story....I'm calling it a good memory to keep
My new seahorse tank was all set up. Nothing really great about doing that, or so I figured. My granddaughters came to visit and the oldest was looking at the horses. She told me it was the coolest tank ever, that it was so pretty it belonged in a magazine or something.
LOL…she is 16, and loves her Nana, she has never seen the tanks I have on SWF.com. I don’t take her words to heart, but it was a pretty tank, just not magazine worthy. I told her how I came up with the ledge to put rocks on, and that the columns were from my wedding cake décor when I used to make cakes. I explained how I painted them, and attached the seahorse feeding dish at the top of the pillar. I purchased a pavilion to set in the front and pull it all together for the look I wanted. She was thrilled to listen to my banter...I don't know why.
Later that evening we were in my room talking and she say’s “Oh look, the seahorses are swimming around!” so I turn to look. The male was doing his dance around the female as all three of my granddaughters watched and they made a circle and held tails right in the center of the tank….so graceful.
Next thing I know all three kids are running to the living room to tell their mother to come quick and see how beautiful they are…their voices just gushing with awe. The horses had gone to another area and stopped by the time the kids got mom off the sofa to come see.
The incident reminded me of the beauty that drew me to the hobby in the first place. The simple thrill of seeing an unusual creature right in your own home, and how beautiful they are. It also made a fantastic memory of me with the children, and I know they will never forget their Nana or my fish tank, and long after I’m gone they will talk about the magic beauty of the dancing seahorses….maybe someday they will get a SW tank of their own.
There is no limit of the number of stories you can enter...or tell.
