Full disclosure. Nobody knows the real name of this bear. It’s not that it wasn’t loved. That much, Michael knows for sure. Since most lovies are named for their salient feature—Blankie, Doggie, Fuzzy—what could you possibly call it but Band-Aid bear. The Band Aid was put there with best intentions by Michael's Mom. The bear was missing an eye and this fix was close at hand — unfortunately, what was supposed to be a subtle fix has, like a bad toupee, overtaken the thing. You can’t look at it for one second without thinking "boo-boo".

Copyright © 2007 by Cheryl and Jeffrey Katz
Photography copyright © 2007 by Hornick/Rivlin