Places In The Heart

It's Funny Friday

without "Miss Know It All"

I would like to introduce D.B. (Dumpster Bear) to you.  But since this is his story he would like to tell you all about it.

"Hi, I'm D.B. (we don't mention the dumpster part cause it makes me sad).  Mom doesn't know where or when my life began but we sure do know how I became part of this wonderful "hug".

D.B.

It was a cold, rainy day in Hackettstown, NJ.  It was autumn and it had been raining on and off for a whole week.  Mom ran down to the A&P to get a few groceries before the heavy rains arrived.  She had her brand new, shiny Firebird Formula and she always parked in a safe, away from the other cars, area.  And so my story begins...
She parked and had to walk past the dumpster (fate) and there I was.  I was a mess, soaking wet, not so clean and very frightened and lonely.
Oh no, she walked right past me - but she did look at me, my heart sank.  Time passed....she wasn't going to come back and rescue me.  Wait - she was coming back, and she STOPPED and looked at me.  What happened next is something I hold close to my beary heart.  She picked me up - she carried me to her shiny new car and opened the truck (remember, I was beary dirty) and laid me on a soft towel, and I knew - I was going to be loved by a family.
We went home and I was cleaned, and cleaned some more, sprayed with something that smelled so good and placed on towels so I would dry.
She tied this lovely ribbon around my neck and gave me my beary first "family hug".  I was home....
I sit proudly with The Hug, all of them - Steiff, artist bears, rescue bears and I know I am loved just as much as all the others, even a little bit more  (cause of my beginnings).
We talked about how I got on that dumpster and she thinks I may have been dropped by a child and left behind.  Maybe somebeary found me and put me on top of that dumpster thinking they would come back and find me.  I am so glad they didn't.
I hope you enjoyed my story, and I know that you don't have to be perfect, or look beautiful to be loved.  Love isn't blind - it's LOVE.  TRUE, deep in the heart, LOVE."

Love,
D.B.

From Mom:  "I have heard from Prudence & Sissy and they are having a wonderful time at Camp Good Bear.  They have made many new friends and promised to send pictures soon."
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