My teddy

Is called growler - because he growls when you tip him back. He’s 68, like me. He had an arm injury when a flat mate’s dog tried to eat him - when we were both about 20:(
In the extra there’s a photo of when we were about 3. He’s very worn now, because he was cuddled so much.
I didn’t follow Marlene, but I heard of her towards the end of her life - I think because Squatbetty and Fairyhedgehog were talking about her. I was so very sad to read that she had not long escaped from an unkind husband when she became ill. Life just really is not fair sometimes. She was a lovely, positive, kind person by all accounts and I wanted to share in remembering such an honourable woman