Joy and Bob - Isn't it a wonderful feeling to look at that Teddy Bear and
know someone cared?  I received mine on the perfect day.  I was so down
and out, I didn't think I could go through the recuperation of a quad
by-pass, but when I opened that box and saw that darling bear (I've read
about it many times on the list here), I smiled and my horrible mood was
gone.  Enjoy "silky" and know you are loved.  Best wishes, Jo Ann

On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 11:44:26 +0800 Joy Graham <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> Hello List members!
>
> I thought I must share the following story with you.
>
> A few days ago I received an email from a list member who wrote,
> that she
> was confused, because she had sent me and Bob, first a card and then
> two
> teddy bears, one of which had been returned to sender.
> She was wanting to know if I had received either, and especially the
> whereabouts of the second teddy.
> She gave me the name and address of the B & J Graham in a suburb of
> Perth,
> West Australia to whom the cards and bears  had been sent.
> Now why would anyone send us a teddy?  We were mystified, but soon
> to find out.
> Well, you guessed, it was the wrong Graham family and the wrong
> address
> (Bob is really Robert and we are listed as R & J in the phone book)
> - But
> how is anyone to know that, especially from overseas???
>
> But the mystery of the missing teddy bear(s) was soon solved!
> As soon as the email came, I called the B.S. & J. R. Graham of
> Ardross,
> which is a suburb just 15 minutes from where we live (at South
> Fremantle).
> Convenient, eh?
> The cards and parcel did indeed come to them.  They sent the first
> one back
> to sender and the second teddy did arrive, and they kept this one,
> hoping
> that someone would claim it.
>
>  They were mystified by the whole thing, as you can imagine.  As we
> were.
> I had vaguely heard of the Teddy Bear Gang, which apart from
> imagining it
> to be a harmless operative, knew nothing at all.  Indeed, a teddy
> bear is
> used extensively in one of our Australian health fund's advertising.
>
> Well, as soon as I got off the phone, I took Bob out for a drive to
> claim
> the teddy!   They were such nice people and we enjoyed sharing the
> puzzle
> with them.
> I must say that I am totally overwhelmed to think that someone out
> there in
> the big PD world, knows enough about little old me (and Bob) to
> think that
> we are in need of a bear to hug.
> Indeed, I have just been through a bad patch (having had an
> appendicectomy
> in late March, with all the added stress of how to care for Bob as
> well as
> recover myself).
>
> And what a lovable huggable bear it is! I have never seen such a
> soft
> adorable "human feeling" bear which one could use as a pillow, a
> friend to
> sit alongside, or on one's knee.  It adds a lovely new whimsical
> dimension
> to our little living room area which, at the moment is filled with
> the
> welcome wintery sunshine coming through our  windows.  Our dog
> Pebbles (a
> toy poodle) is getting to like it too, so I expect to find her
> resting her
> head on it before long, or curled up in its lap.  She has dragged it
> to the
> floor a couple of times, but is learning it is not "her" toy.
> Yesterday we put it in the wheelchair with us when we went to play
> Bocce
> with some neighbours. Their little grandchildren suggested we name
> it
> "silky" which is what it is now called.
>
> So  our very sincere thanks to whoever sent this to me/us.  It made
> us
> realise what a wonderful world it really is, and that people DO CARE
> - even
> strangers.
>
> THANKS AGAIN!
>
>  JOY & BOB GRAHAM
>
> ....
>
> Bob & Joy Graham
> Ph & Fax (08) 9430 4730
>
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