Here is a ‘beary’ beautiful and I trust a refreshing story at a time of bewilderment and sadness in our lives. I hope it brings a small smile to you as you visualise the happiness a very dear friend of mine will know and feel when she hears about it.
Twelve years or so ago when I went back to college I met Lyn. I cannot even remember how it came to be that ever since then I have been ‘bear- sitting’ Lyn’s teddy bear.
Lyn and I are the same age and we both have the exact same type of teddy bear from our childhood. Lyn’s bought in Melbourne and mine in Perth.
Lyn’s bear, on the left, is healthier than mine although it is missing an ear. I can still remember shaving my bear when I was a little girl. The original eyes fell out and my mum sewed in shirt buttons to replace them some 55 years ago.
Just before Christmas Lyn asked for her bear to be returned as she had set up a new home. I had done nothing about returning it as I was planning to visit her new home in a few weeks and also I was a bit scared that the silver fish might have attacked it!!
It was with great sadness that I learned that Lyn’s home was totally destroyed and that she lost everything including her mobile phone in the Marysville fire on Saturday. Lyn is safe, Thank God! Just this morning though, I remembered ‘the bear’. It was a sad, teary but very happy moment when I retrieved Lyn’s bear from storage. I am wondering if she has remembered where it is. Some friends are seeing her on Saturday and they will delight in telling her that ‘the bear’ is safe (and not moth eaten). I know that Lyn will be overjoyed to hold her bear and a memory from childhood.
I am thankful that I have a’ beary’ happy story to share.
Contribution by Pamela Gurney
