koren's first christmas

we were young & very poor. I didn't work. We lived in a musty smelling house on a road with no name in Eagleville, Mo. We were at the newly opened Bethany Wal-Mart with our wonderful new baby daughter, trying to select her first Christmas present from us. We had $3.00. Kevin wanted to give her the soft fuzzy pink bear with the musical ice cream cone. I wanted to give her the stuffed elephant with the rainbow ears. We didn't have enough $ for both. Finally, Kevin had Koren select her present. (The bear he wanted.) She played with that bear for many years...