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Throwback: February 2

I realized I never added some definitely relevant context: Angie is my mom. Danielle is my twin sister. We were born in May 2003, so you can calculate ages accordingly.

I decided to cut a story today, and will probably cut future ones. It’s very Danielle-centric and only mentions me a couple times, only in relation to Danielle. It talks about developmental stuff and I don’t know how she’d feel about me resharing that, so I’m just not gonna post it. I might cut some future stories too if they have the same issue.


Lost and found (2010)

We've warned Jay repeatedly that he is responsible for monitoring his stuffed animals' whereabouts.  He, we've told him, must keep track of where he puts his animals.  Otherwise, one day, he's going to lose one of them, we tell him.

A while back, Fletch went missing.  Poof.  The usual questions (where was he last, did you bring him downstairs, did you bring him out of the house, etc.) did not help.  At first, we joked that he was taking a nap somewhere or was just playing hide-and-seek with Jay.  But as days passed, we began to look for Fletch with an increased sense of concern.  He really seemed to have vanished.

One night, Jay was having trouble getting to sleep, and they told me that they were having bothersome thoughts.  Fletch's whereabouts were at the top of the list.  They sobbed, wondering if he was OK.

Angie sent an e-mail to family and friends whose house we'd visited recently.  "Lost: Fletch", it explained.  Reward: one sticker.  No one had seen the little guy.

Then one day, weeks later, Danielle and Jay were playing, and Danielle opened her enormous play-makeup case.  And there he was.  Danielle had hidden Fletch from Jay in fun, then she forgot.  None of the above sufficiently reminded her of Fletch's location.

I was surprised that Jay wasn't mad at Danielle.  Jay recognized that Danielle does sometimes hide his stuffed animals.  Danielle just forgot this time.  As often as Jay and Danielle argue, this did not instigate anything but happiness and relief that Fletch was found at long last.

Jay and Danielle were ecstatic.  Danielle got her sticker, and Fletch has been very popular even since.

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