“Generally, by the time you are Real, most of
your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the
joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you
are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." From The Velveteen Rabbit
My husband
Jim regrets that he cannot spend as much time with our 5-year-old granddaughter
as he would like, so he has developed ways to keep the connection alive. First,
when they greet each other and leave, they beep each other’s noses. It is a
special ritual between just the two of them.
He
is constantly looking for new ways to connect. One day, she asked him what
happened to his hair (my husband has the typical loss of hair on the top for a
man his age). He told her he didn’t know where it was; he lost it.
He
thought she had forgotten that conversation, but the next time she saw him, she
told him, “Grandpa, I looked for your hair at school but it wasn’t there. Don’t
worry; I’ll find it”
From
then on, wherever she goes, she makes sure to tell him she looked. He knows
that even though he’s not able to be with her, she still thinks about him as
much as he does her.
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