Last autumn, during post-season clean-up, park ranger Tom
Mazzarisi found a soggy Teddy bear along the Hidden Lake Trail in Montana’s Glacier
National Park. The tiny bear had seen better days. Items like this normally end
up in the rubbish bin, but Tom couldn’t bring himself to toss Teddy. They spent
the winter together, and come spring, Teddy rode the dashboard of Tom’s patrol
truck. Teddy had been Naomi Pascal’s when she lived in an Ethiopian orphanage.
Her new family sent him to her while she waited to be adopted. Teddy had been
by her side through family trips to Rwanda, Croatia and Greece. When Naomi and
Teddy lost each other, friends and family turned to social media to get them
back together. A woman who’d seen their posts spotted Teddy in Tom’s truck, and
the girl and her bear were soon reunited. Their family sent Tom a new bear who’ll
ride in his truck next spring.
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