The Continued Story of Pursey and Friends...

Most people can skip right over this post. But for our family...this is a big deal.

Pursey.

I have mentioned her before... here. But she is kind of a big deal. A little more background on Pursey..she is a beanie baby that comes from Cory's Aunt Terri, who was a pretty special person to everyone who had the pleasure of knowing her. Well, she collected the bears. She passed away before Cory and I were even married but Cory's mom gave Ellie this pink bear from Terri's collection. It was love at first sight. 

When we moved we misplaced  Pursey went on a little vacation and was nowhere to be seen. Enter Pursey 2. Another bear from Terri's collection. She is purple. And still loved very much by Ellie...but Jase started to realize how awesome Pursey was too...and did his best to hold on to "ee" as often as he could. So we found a blue bear (ok stay with us here...) which Ellie named David and we all hoped that Jase would love him and Ellie could have Pursey back.

Nope. Jase still tried to steal Pursey constantly. It was a source of some contention in our family for quite a while.

But then on Ellie's birthday the real Pursey (actually the same pink bear from Amazon) came home...and all was well in the world.

 

 

So purple Pursey got renamed Ella, Pursey rejoined the family and Jase and Ellie can both love on these special bears. David is in our toy box somewhere.

Phew. That's a lot to take in.

 

One more thing about Pursey. The Pursey Parable.

Pursey really teaches us the power of love. Not only is she an important part of our immediate family but most of our extended family knows all about Pursey too. All of Ellie's cousins treat Pursey more like a person than a stuffed animal and are honored when they get to hold her or take her to their house for a sleepover. And on more than one occasion have multiple adults discussed Pursey by name. All because a little girl adores a pink bear.

 

"Once a bear has been loved by a human being, its expression is forever marked."
-Jama Kim Rattigan

 

Pursey has certainly made her mark in our family.