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While my wife and I were at the beach last summer, we saw this little lost
bear in the sand.
It made me very sad. Some child had lost this little bear and was probably
upset and sad.
I wished I could return it to the child who had lost it. But, the beach
does not have a lost and found. So, I ended up leaving it where it was so
that if the people who lost it returned to look, it would be where they
lost it.
But, I felt bad doing so. That there should have been something more I
could do to reunite the owner with the toy.
I think I watched too much Rudolph as a kid. I identify too much with the
residents of the Island of Misfit Toys.
But, that is how I’ve felt a lot lately. Thrown aside. Left in the sand.
Convinced it’s a mistake but worried I was left behind on purpose. Worried
that even if recovered will now be viewed as dirty or unclean because of my
time in the sand.
I hope the little bear got home.