Childhood Toys

When I was growing up I had a lot of toys but my absolute favorites were my stuff animals.  My two favorite ones were my stuffed bear and stuffed Dumbo. When I was three my family took me to the mall and there was a display of bears from this jeans company.  The bears wore a pair of overalls form the company and had their logo on the overalls.  I saw the bears and wanted one but my mom really didn’t want to buy it for me, so my grandpa said that he would but it for me.  I still have that bear and sometimes when I am upset or miss my grandpa, who died when I was seven, I hug the bear and remember him and it sometimes makes me fell better.  I got the stuffed Dumbo at the Disney Store when I was about 10.  It’s important to me because when I was little my mom would sing the theme “Baby Mine” form the movie Dumbo when I was sick or just upset.  Also the relationship in the movie between mother and child was like similar to my mother and me.  I still have that Dumbo and still sleep with it every night.  Since I got that stuffed Dumbo I started to collect them and now I currently have 4 Dumbo’s and will keep collecting. I also have an elephant charm on my Pandora bracelet I honor of my love for the movie ad stuffed toy. These stuffed toys are very important to me because when I am sad or upset I hold them and they make me feel better, especially the teddy bear.  After my grandfather died I could not touch the bear for years because of the grief I felt after his death, but soon I was able to get past that.  Now I hug the bear when I feel bad or miss him because it makes me feel better and bring me back when he was alive and when I was a little kid.