[reason 14] thrifty bears

Three years ago, nearly to the day, I was at the thrift store with two of my children and they begged to take this bear home. The bear now lives here.

Today I saw the bear's cousin in a different thrift shop and was oh, so tempted to extend an invitation to meet it's long lost family member, but I refrained. 

The moment I saw it, however, is one of those moments that just brings an instant smile to one's face and joy to one's heart. For me, it serves as a reminder that God has a sense of humor - one apparently that was bigger than mine today, as if mine had been just a tad larger, I would have shoved that bear into the back of my husband's Subaru in a jiffy.