Teddy Bears

“In a world where everyone seems to be larger and louder than yourself,
it is very comforting to have a small, quiet companion”

Peter Gray
The Quotes Cupboard

Teddy bears have been around with us for a long time, and many of us will own up to having our own special teddy bear.   I sent my Auntie Joan a gift of a teddy bear once - she named him Edward - a big brown bear, he was, and now he sits proudly on the shelf in her room in her nursing home.   He was one of the things she chose to bring from home when she had to move in.  She is 94.  You're never too old for teddy bears!

“It is astonishing, really, how many thoroughly mature,
well-adjusted grown-ups harbor a Teddy bear
which is perhaps why they are thorougly mature and well-adjusted."

Joseph Lempa
The Quotes Cupboard

It's National Teddy Bear Day on the 9th September!  

This is a wonderful chance to reflect on the joy and companionship so many teddy bears have brought and continue to bring people of ALL ages!  

I’m a committed teddy bear fanatic – one of my favourite shops to visit is a teddy bear shop and it’s very hard to come out without a new teddy bear!  A visit there does worry my other half as we have quite a number of teddies in the house already and he is not overly delighted at the thought of them having new friends. 

I really do love teddy bears, so friendly and so kind.
And my favourite teddy bears have just been on my mind.
There's Winnie the Pooh, and Paddington Bear, Baloo and Rupert too, 
oh to have a teddy bears' picnic - it would be a dream come true!

And for those of you who love a really good rousing chorus of the Teddy Bears' Picnic song, here it is...going back to 1932!!  

There are some wonderful teddy bears around these days, and quite a few of them give the owner a link to a special period in their lives when they were part of something, or they just make wonderful themed bears.