Daily Prompt #4

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

Her name was Bunny, and she was my very best friend. I regularly took her with me wherever I went. I slept with her, would put clips and scrunchies on her ears and told her my secrets. I recall an incident where my mom had one of her friends over who had brought her two sons. As I sat in the living room with Bunny when one of the boys snatched her and tossed her to is brother. Back and forth the two boys tossed Bunny as I cried trying to catch her. It was a sad game of Monkey in the Middle. I finally got a hold of her legs while one of the boys had her by the ears. As we tugged back and forth one of her ears ripped off. There I was devastated because they hurt my friend. I ran and cried to my mother. She scolded them, but there I stood with Bunny in one hand and her detached ear in the other. My mom promised to sew her ear back on. Bunny’s ear never was sewed back on, but the hole was stitched closed.

Stuff animals can bring a sense of comfort and companionship to children. Looking back, it was as though holding her was a way to soothe my emotions and I knew I could count on her if I needed a friend. I slowly stopped playing with Bunny around 4^th grade. She gradually fell into her role as my bed décor, then onto my closet shelf, and now she is stored away in a container in my closet. If I end up having a daughter I\’ll probably pass Bunny on to her.