Knicker Bocker Bear

30 Day Photog Challenge

Day 6:  Childhood Memory

Meet Mr. Knicker Bocker Bear.

I ♥ him.

A lot.

It shows.

His nose is ripped and frayed.

His head has been re-attached several different times.

And very inexpertly I might add.

I still think he's the most gorgeous thing.

I was a painfully shy child.

(Sometimes I am a painfully shy adult, but I digress.)

I use to get lost all the time because I was too shy to ask for help.

I once wet my pants in the 1st grade because I was afraid to interrupt the teacher to get permission.

I cried on the school bus when someone other than my sisters sat with me.

Once I got so upset, the bus driver let me off at the jr. high, and my parents were called to come get me.

Ok, I think you get the idea.

Mr. Knicker Bocker was my best friend growing up.

He always made me feel better.

He never minded that I was a socially awkward mess.

He loved me for who I really was.

The me the big wide world rarely saw.

He's always been with me.

Even at 40 years of age, he has a special spot in my home...

and my heart.

I often pray my children don't have the same shyness I did.

That I can raise them to be braver and bolder and just plain happier that I was.

If not, I know my daughter for one has a special friend all picked out.

Meet Mr. C.T. Bear.

He's well on his way to being aggressively loved.

I ♥ him too.