Jeremiah's Joy

Back in St Louis Jeremiah had a very special toy. It was a lion beanie baby that he called "Lion". He loved Lion and would take him just about everywhere. We have spent many an hour looking for Lion when it was bedtime or we were going out somewhere and the toy was missing!! So you get the idea, Lion was very special to Jeremiah.

Unfortunately Lion didn't make it in the suitcase and got left at our old home, then he was thrown away. We were hoping Jeremiah would forget about Lion and get attached to another toy, but on several occasions he would talk to me about how much he missed Lion. Then one morning he awoke and told me of his dream "Mom, Lion was crying because he was on his own and he misses me".

Jeremiah kept watching the mail, hoping Lion would arrive. I could never bring myself to tell him Lion was gone forever so there was nothing else this mother could do except for look for a new lion on ebay. Thankfully I found one.

 

He was so excited when he found Lion in a package yesterday. He screamed for joy and jumped up and down several times. Please forgive the quality of the picture but he was a foot off the ground, in mid jump when it was taken. I hope you can see the expression in his face.

 

That was the best 3 pound I have ever spent!!!! As you can imagine Jeremiah has not left Lion far from his sight since it arrived.

Michelle