Frogs & Friendship

This is a little frog my best friend gave me before beginning this mission.  She bought it in Japan.  I found out that the Japanese word for frog is "kaeru".  In this culture, frogs can be linked with things or people returning to a place of origin. They are lucky to keep around so that money, friends, and good things which you usually see off or give away will at some point "kaeru" or come back.  Now when I see this frog, it reminds me of good  things, like friendship, and home.