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Dear Reader,
It was merely a trinket, nothing I'd ever buy for myself. But I didn't buy it, my daughter bought it for me when she was a little girl. A fuzzy little plastic bear (two inches tall) on a pink pedestal, I LOVE MOM written on the bottom. A whole lot of love from a little girl.
Moving from house to house, from Wisconsin to Florida, the bear always sat on the edge of my bathroom sink, right next to the hot water handle. Originally I put it there so I would see it every day when I brushed my teeth, but admittedly after a few years, I looked right by it many mornings. The other day when I looked down at the bear I realized I hadn't really taken a good look, for a long, long time.
The bear had seen better days, the humidity and age--it was getting the best of the bear and I think there even may have been a hint of mold. I realized it was time to part with the little fellow, but before I did I sat and remembered the day my daughter gave it to me. She bought it with her own money and I could see her smile as she ran into my bathroom when I was brushing my teeth and handed it to me, "This is for you Mama, Happy Mother's Day."
The I LOVE MOM bear is at least 31 years old now. The simple words I LOVE MOM stamped on the plastic pink bottom, I've stood on those words through the years. Even on the days when I was sure my daughter was so angry at me, that I LOVE MOM was the farthest thing from her mind, the memory of that Mother's Day is still with me.
I knew it was time to let the bear go and as things happen some times, the day I had to say good-bye my daughter called later in the afternoon and before she hung up the phone she said, "I don't know if I tell you often enough, but Mom I LOVE YOU."
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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