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Margy
October 16, 2009

Rupert

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A LO about my teddy bear: where I got him, and why he is precious to me.

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It’s hard to tell the story of my teddy bear, Rupert. I’ve had him since Valentine’s Day 1996. He has been a comfort to me for thirteen years now, my oldest and most prized possession. Rupert was a gift to me from a very dear friend, Kevin. We had decided to exchange gifts on V-day, since we didn’t have any significant others. Kevin gave me Rupert, and I gave him a cross stitch of the Tasmanian devil. They were small gifts, nothing that you would think was important. I didn’t know that Kevin would be dead two months later. I didn’t know that Rupert would spend his first year with me going to funerals, gravesites, and hidden under the covers of my bed in my arms.
I met Kevin when I moved to Robbinsville. Robin, Kevin, Josh, and I did all kinds of crazy things together. We snuck out of the house, we head banged, we did everything. Kevin and I joined the track team, so we could have more time to smoke pot together. We did so many silly, little things. There were some good times. I can remember sneaking around the school in the middle of the night, singing the smurf song, giving piggy back rides.
In April of 1996, almost two months after Valentine’s day, Kevin ran away from Robbinsville with two other people. They made it all the way to Arkansas when a trucker noticed them. The trucker and a state trooper managed to get the car stopped. In some sort of suicide pact Kevin and Josh grabbed the gun they had and stopped themselves. Thankfully, the state trooper managed to stop Jenny before she could kill herself. It was a stupid choice made by young kids.
Since Kevin’s death, Rupert has been my comfort above anything else. Whenever I was sad over any little thing, I could hold Rupert and cry. He’s wiped away more of my tears than anyone else. When I miss Kevin, I hold Rupert and think of him. Most people don’t have that one last memento, but I do. Kevin gave me an amazing gift. He gave me something priceless. He didn’t just give me a teddy bear, he gave me a reminder. Rupert reminds me of Kevin. Rupert reminds me that life is precious and far too short. He reminds me to never take the loved ones you have for granted. And he reminds me to never forget the loved ones who are gone.

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