Aug 22, 2010

Tell about a favorite doll, teddy bear or other stuffed toy.

I still have a bear that my grandmother made from the upholstery material we took off of the family couch as mom and dad had it redone. It was a little red bear shaped animal in two dimension configuration. It had three legs in a row rather than the typical two for a two dimensioned toy stuffed animal so that it had the appearance of three dimensions. I loved that animal even though it mostly went into storage after I was into my teens. It meant more to me than just being a toy simply because it was made by a loving grandmother that passed away when I was merely ten years old. That was probably why it became a favorite simply because it brought back memories of her each time I looked at it or held it. It wasn’t soft since it was made of a material that was meant to stand the rough and tough play from children and their shoes but it still brought many soft memories of that loving grandmother whom we called “Nana”.