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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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn