This teddy bear is unique, so unique that you’d never find another one just like it anywhere. My mom passed away a few months ago and we just had our first Christmas without her. We went to my sister’s house, as usual, and had a fabulous meal, also as usual. After the meal, my sister, Sarah, and my niece, Grace, requested that I read a short announcement to everyone. I was immediately suspicious that it might have something to do with Mom. “Is this going to make me cry?” I asked. “No, you’ll be fine,” called my brother-in-law from another room. Okay then!
The announcement concerned a project that Grace had been working on for the last couple of months. She and Sarah had picked out some of my mom’s most well-known blouses and house dresses and then Grace made a teddy bear out of each one to give out to family members. I did, in fact, get a little wobbly during the reading of the announcement, but made it through.
When we went to go see these wondrous bears, we found out that there were even more thoughtful elements to this project than we knew. Each teddy bear had a ribbon with a musical staff on it around its neck, a nod to my mom’s love of music. Mom had left behind an assortment of brooches and each bear was wearing one of the those. Some bears were wearing necklaces that went with the blouse or dress that the bear was made out of. But the crowning touch was that Sarah and Grace had found photos of Mom wearing each particular blouse or dress and had put a miniature of that photo inside a locket pin for the matching bear.
The emotions were high, I’ll tell you, especially when hugging that bear wearing the familiar clothing of one I miss so much. Honestly, I’m getting all choked up again just writing about it. I absolutely treasure my Mom Bear, so I want to say a very public thank you to Sarah and Grace for the time, effort, creativity and thoughtfulness that went into making each one.
Also, thank you to those of you who responded to my post yesterday – I felt quite encouraged! For the time being, I’ll continue posting…and threatening to delete each post in the morning. 😀
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Your comment got cut off for some reason, Barb!
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Well, that’s strange….it was all there when I sent it. I don’t know exactly what I wrote….that was a long time ago….haha. But I know I said it was such a sweet and thoughtful thing to do for the family making the bears. Thanks for sharing that story with us. You are blessed to have family around you.
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❤️ thanks for taking the time to repeat your original comment!
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This is so beautiful, Lynn! I love the bears that Sarah and Grace created! I thought about doing something like that, but never did. I love the added touches. My Mom had a lot of jewelry pieces, and it’s so hard to let them go, and also to know how to use them. Great way to cherish a couple! The “firsts” are a “thing”, but you all handled Christmas well! Love to you!
Paula
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Thank you, Paula! It was certainly a beautiful labor of love on their part. ❤️
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