Saturday, June 26, 2010

One - Paddington

I decided I would like to make my own list of 100 things about my FW, in the spirit of our unspoken tradition of quid pro quo. You see, she has started this wonderful collection of a hundred things about me that she finds awesome. So here is number one: she took care of Paddington the whole time we were apart. Somehow, this struck me to my soul, that she held on to this stuffed teddy bear. Finding out about Paddy told me that she also held on to something we had long ago. All this time I thought it was just me thinking about her. So Paddington is a physical, concrete representation of the flame we each nurtured for the other. It really meant a lot, that she kept him and took such great care of him. And then she featured him at our wedding. We haven't really discussed it, but I think we both see that little bear as a symbol of our love.