C

'C' recently took a brief hiatus from our family. For those of you who don't know or don't remember, 'C' is Son #2's beanie toy cat. He got it for his birthday last February and it became his favorite toy. Two weeks ago, the day after the power went out during the ice storm, I found Son #1 using 'C' as a racecar. The racetrack was the rim of a toilet. This was not even our toilet. I suppose you could call it a public toilet. Just plain gross.

'C' was placed in a plastic bag until earlier this week. Normally, a small stuffed toy like this would have been thrown in the trash. But as special as 'C' is, we just couldn't let that happen. My husband actually split 'C's seam in the back, took the stuffing and bean bag out, washed what was left, dried it, restuffed it (all fiberfill), then resewed it together. Wow. What a special cat. Long live 'C'.