This is for the Blog Carnival on http://www.momgadget.com
I do not believe in past lives in any way, but… I do see echoes of another life form in my life, specifically the
BEAR.
I think I have a lot in common with mama bears. I take care of my little cubs and like to hibernate. In northern climates, like Maine, bears can sleep up to 7 months of the year. I’m really feeling good about that because I love to sleep! Of course bears don’t have the internet or diapers to change. I don’t get a chance to sleep, but I can tell you what I’ll be doing in September of 2011 when my youngest is in Kindergarten.
I also like sweets like I’ve heard bears do, especially jelly donuts… although I don’t care for honey at all. In general I’m most like the bear because I’m cute and fuzzy on the outside, but deadly and fierce on the inside. Part of this mix of fuzzy and deadly is based on habitat. Growing up in Queens, and having my first jelly donut in Christopher Walken’s parents’ bakery on Broadway, you get that wonderful rush of the baker handing you the delicious jelly donut (this was before Dunkin Donuts made it more cost effective to buy 12) and then stepping out onto the busy, dirty street. The parallel is uncanny isn’t it?
Another parallel is “our” public persona, whoever is doing the pr for bears is right on. Most people have owned a teddy bear at some point in their lives, some people hold onto them, like Thurston Howell III did on Gilligan’s Island, well into their adulthood.
Some personified cartoon versions of bears include:
Bear on Franklin
Little Bear
Yogi Bear
Smokey the Bear
Check out the other posts on this topic…
http://casualkeystrokes.com/2006/10/20/in-a-former-life-i-must-have-been/
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homemom3 says:
Oh I’ve always loved Smokey the Bear. As for the teddy bear I always think of Teddy Roosevelt.
I hear ya on the donuts, love the ones with cream inside and even pudding. hehe. Currently I can’t touch them for some reason (pregnant and baby can’t stand them) but I still have my sugars.
I did not know that about the bears and the north but I can see why they would. Brrrr.
October 20th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Char says:
A bear is a wonderful animal to have been. I could seriously hibernate at the first sign of snow.
October 20th, 2006 at 11:37 pm
Delphine DB says:
homemom3 – glad to see I’m not alone, I forgot to mention Mr. Roosevelt! I saw that they were named after him!
char – I would love to stay home for a year and have EVERYTHING I wanted delivered to me.
October 21st, 2006 at 2:18 pm