“Here we go, Teddy,” the BabyGirl said with excitement, sitting down next to her teddy bear on the dock. “All we have to do is jump in and we can swim out the horizon.”
“Why would you wanna do that?” her teddy bear asked.
“Because I know that my Daddy is out there somewhere, beyond that horizon,” she said. “That’s why I can’t see him, but I’m ready. I’ve got all I need in this little green box to be his BabyGirl forever. And I’ve got you, my favorite teddy bear and my best friend since the day I was born.”
“I can’t go with you,” the teddy bear said sadly. “I’m so old that my stitches would give way if I get water-logged. But I want you go. I want you to meet your Daddy. I have been well-loved and that’s because of you. Now, it’s time for you to go and find him.”
The BabyGirl looked out to the horizon, to that place where she knew her Daddy was waiting for her and then she looked back to her teddy bear, sitting there on the dock and being so selfless in continuing to want nothing more than for her to be happy.
“No, Teddy,” the BabyGirl said. “I’m not going to give up what I have in order to go after something I want. But it’s actually a lot simpler to have both than what I thought.”
“What do you mean?” her teddy bear asked as she laid down next to him on the dock.
“I know there are Daddies out there who are perfect for me,” she said. “But if there is a Daddy who I am perfect for, then he’ll be looking for me as well. Perhaps someday, we’ll meet in the middle. And I’ll put you on my back so that when I swim out to him, you’ll stay dry. Until that day, it’s just you and me.”
If her teddy bear had had tear ducts, he would’ve been bawling by then. But instead, he asked another burning question.
“BabyGirl, what’s in that little green box?” he asked.
“Pacifiers,” she said, suddenly pointing across the water. “Look! A shiny object.”
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