Sometimes my mom carried me behind the bike riding along the village to collect debts. Back then people got their treatments first, then waited for a financial upturn to pay for medicines later. Many times, it lasted years.
One day when I was 5, I saw that kid from a family had a teddy bear that sang songs when they slapped it butts. So I begged my mom to buy me one like that.
When I turned 15, my mom decided that it was too childish for me to keep that bear. Though I didn't agree much about that, I let her throw it away.
In 2016, I saw the snowman in a flea market. It had the year embroidered at the back of the leg that said 2006. Thought it would have a similar story so I brought it with me till now.