I've always had turtles, all kinds, my first was a red ear slider, I won him at church, dropping beans in a bottle. I was five years old.
And now there is Sam. I've never gotten this attached to a turtle. To have warm feelings for a cold blooded creature.
But he's special, for lots of reason, but the main reason he's special, I've had lots of turtles, of all kinds, I had 60 years worth of turtles.... Sam was the only one I'd held in my hand, and watched him hatch.