Butterflies

My daughter was recently given a Butterfly habitat for her birthday. The way the whole process works is that you're given (or you can buy) a butterfly habitat (where they'll live) and you get a code for five free butterflies. You have to submit the request for the butterflies because the caterpillars arrive alive and you have to make sure you can tend to them.

Our caterpillars arrived about four days ago, and let me just tell you, this is probably the most fascinating experience ever. Watching the caterpillars grow is crazy. They come so tiny and skinny, and after just a few days they're already over an inch long and really "fluffy"! In a couple of days, they will go into their hibernating stage where they'll turn into a butterfly, and then we'll release them.

My daughter isn't exactly happy about that portion of the event. She says we need to keep them and she doesn't want to set them free. 

I find that there is a life lesson for myself in that perspective. I too, don't want to set my butterflies free. I want to keep them close to me always where I can make sure their healthy and safe.