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Friday, May 24, 2013

The First Stage: The Egg

   A butterfly starts life as a very small, round, oval or cylindrical egg.  The coolest thing about butterfly eggs, especially monarch butterfly eggs, is that if you look close enough you can actually see the tiny caterpillar growing inside of it. Some butterfly eggs may be round, some oval and some may be ribbed while others may have other features. The egg shape depends on the type of butterfly that laid the egg. 
Butterfly eggs are usually laid on the leaves of plants, so if you are actively searching for these very tiny eggs, you will have to take some time and examine quite a few leaves in order to find some.
   The concept of being born into this world is simple. Man meets woman (or nowadays woman meets man), man takes interest in woman, they build a relationship of sorts, man marries woman (preferably), they build a family. My story begins the same. From what I understand of it, my mother met my father through his sister. So there is no confusion here, I will just say for the sake privacy (and because I like to put color in my stories) my Dad will be named Eddy and my Mom will be name Ellie. Mary (my name for my aunt) and Ellie were close friends. Long story short Eddy and Ellie went on a couple of dates. I believe it was the second date that Eddy looked over at Ellie and said "I love you, and I think you love me and when two people love each other they get married, we should get married." More or less that is how it started. Next thing you know my brother was a concept. When he was about one and a half I became the next concept.

Lifecycle of a butterfly

   Have you ever really looked at the Lifecycle of a butterfly? I mean really looked? It's amazing. I mean truly amazing. How such a delicate creature with 4 stages, each stage very vulnerable, can survive it all.
   Well, I'm gonna take you deeper than that. I'm gonna take you on that journey. I'm going to give you a life of experiences, but your gonna see it through one butterfly's eyes. Enjoy the journey.