I have been going through a bit lately, and had a rough few months, and been very sick with random colds and the like.
As most of you know I am studying towoards a career in childcare, which I love doing, currently about 5/8's of the way through my Diploma, and finishing up mid next year, planning on working for 12 months & then continuing study part time towoards a Bachelor Degree & then a Masters, as well as a few short courses in special needs children.
Anyhow, one of my teachers pulled me aside when I arrived at class wednesday morning, she is an older lady who I have always really liked, she is a funny lady and has a very out there personality, can come across a little scary to most people lol. She asked me to come with her to her office and wait outside, she went in & came back out with a rather sad looking rigadoon puppet, this guy I had as a child, but no longer have. He needed a bit of work, but she told me she thought that I was the only person she knew that could possibly restore him to his former glory. So she gave me "chucky" to keep, and some material to make a set of the three bears in pillow form. I just thought it was such a lovely gesture, as Chucky had been hers for a very long time, and by looking at him, you could see he had been well loved and used over the years. I am glad to say he has had a few skin grafts & is on the way to a full recovery, and will have plenty of years left in him to bring smiles to lots of childrens and adults faces again