Stuffed animals! Oh these stuffed friends kept me company throughout my childhood. They were my best friends, confidants, play mates and soul mates. I really believed they were real (even when I was 12). As an adult, I still love them...and my kids seem to have this passion too. My oldest has so many in her bed, I am surprised she can sleep in there! But these stuffed friends provide such comfort and love. And sometimes it seems only they can understand our deepest fears and sorrows.
I'm kind of jealous. Because of allergies and illness, I wasn't allowed to have a single stuffed animal as a child -- or carpet or curtains. They attract dust!
ReplyDeleteCute picture :) If I look at it just right, he does look real...
caroline what a sweet one we were a stuffed animal family as well
ReplyDeleteA beautiful passion!
ReplyDeleteDarling photo and sweet memory.
ReplyDeletea sweet, sweet memory. I had a purple dog that I wore completely bare. (I hated it when my mom threw it away)
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My eldest daughter has about 100 teddy bears all shapes and sizes, she married 3 years ago and her husband thought she would just throw them out when she left home....nearly ended the marrieage before it began. She will never throw them out and my eldest twin has the rattiest bunny you have ever seen. My mum gave it to her 18 years ago and we have stitched it and washed it and she still has it on her bed. Sweet memories thanks
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable, sweet Easter card this photo would make! Reading your story makes it even sweeter.
ReplyDeletethis is so adorable. lovely post!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of The Velveteen Rabbit...
ReplyDeleteMy sons have storage boxes full...too many to have out at one time. We have rotate them out. They each EACH have a name and a personality and they remember them all...
...I simply adore this photo...It could be hung in any child's bedroom:) I had few stuffed animals growing up but the ones I had I adored...wish I still had them...
ReplyDeletewhat a soft sweet photo! I love the muted colors, and yet how it is still so alive and rich. Wonderfully done!
ReplyDeleteI saw the sweetest pink stuffed pig the other day and actually had to talk myself out of buying it. I don't think we ever grow out of our love for soft cuddly things, do you?
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