26 Years of Quiet Love: Farewell to My Beloved Baby
Forever my Big Baby Introduction: The Gentle Shadow On April 19, 2000, a tiny terrapin quietly walked into my life and changed it forever. I bought her from a little neighborhood shop at my local market—the kind of place that sold ornamental fish, pet food, and basic aquarium supplies. Back then, I actually brought home two or three baby terrapins. Being so young and not knowing much about pet care, the others sadly didn't survive very long. I still remember the tears I cried back then, gently burying one in a small hole I dug downstairs at our HDB block. Completely unaware at the time that digging there wasn't permitted! But through it all, one strong, resilient little soul stayed with me: my Big Baby. In those early days, we really had no idea how to properly raise a terrapin. We simply learned as we went. I started with a small, basic tank, changing her water every single day and feeding her a mix of vegetables and standard turtle pellets. As the years passed and she grew fr...
