Everyone knows the story of The Velveteen Rabbit right? The story of the stuffed rabbit that comes to life. Well when I was young I had these two favorite toys. My two pound puppies. Rover and Spot. I got Rover first. I used to sleep with him every night hugging him. His stuffing bunched all up in a certain way and I used to say he was skinny and that’s why I could feel his muscles and ribs. He was lumpy like he was real.


And my other pound puppy, Spot, I got after Rover and I didn’t hug him at night so he wasn’t lumpy but fat and round. Just like Waldo.


Well a couple of years after we got Nestle and Waldo it dawned on me. They’re my Rover and Spot. Skinny Rover is my Nestle who I like to cuddle with at night. And fat Spot is Waldo who doesn’t like to cuddle at night. Even down to their colors. Rover is brown and Spot is white and brown. I even got them in the same order. Rover then Spot and Nestle then Waldo. They’re my velveteen rabbits! Weird huh?