As much as we have a penchant for naming inanimate objects in our family (such as Wilson, our bountiful lime tree) the boys never had names for their stuffed ‘friends’.
There was a wolf puppet they called ‘Wolfie’, a hedgehog that was just ‘Hedgehog’, and a small stuffed Dalmatian Son1 simply called ‘Puppy’.
All at the ready to listen to a trouble or to keep a secret.
At nighttime, after putting Son1 to bed, we would hear him talking over his day with all his friends.
‘Puppy’ was his favorite.
To this day ‘Puppy’ is special.
(A girlfriend once tried to get him to give it to her but, no dice.)
Puppy is still with us, a little worse for wear, not quite as white as he once was. He sits patiently with a handful of other friends, always at the ready to empathize with a problem or hear a confidence.
There was a wolf puppet they called ‘Wolfie’, a hedgehog that was just ‘Hedgehog’, and a small stuffed Dalmatian Son1 simply called ‘Puppy’.
All at the ready to listen to a trouble or to keep a secret.
At nighttime, after putting Son1 to bed, we would hear him talking over his day with all his friends.
‘Puppy’ was his favorite.
To this day ‘Puppy’ is special.
(A girlfriend once tried to get him to give it to her but, no dice.)
Puppy is still with us, a little worse for wear, not quite as white as he once was. He sits patiently with a handful of other friends, always at the ready to empathize with a problem or hear a confidence.
Ah...Puppy sounds a good friend and I love the sketch:)
ReplyDeleteWonderful Robin. xx
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