A's Sticker Friend, Konnichiwa

I'm not sure this story will be funny to anyone but R and myself but we have laughed so much over this and so I thought I'd post it so if nothing else we can look back on it and laugh. :)

A few weeks ago we went to the doctor's office. After the appointment, A went to the front where all the kids get to pick out a sticker from a big bowl at the front desk. Usually A searches and searches and can't decide which one to pick but that day she saw one sticker and knew immediately that it was the one for her. It was a sticker of a little cartoon girl.

Later that evening when A and R were playing they/R named the sticker Konnichiwa. Without me realizing it, R, A and Konnichiwa played a lot together that night. Fast forward a couple of hours...R took A up for bedtime and I was cleaning up downstairs. I threw away the sticker thinking nothing of it. The next morning A came downstairs and starting crying calling out for Konnichiwa. 'Konnichiwa where are you? Konnichiwa where'd you go?" Once R filled me in on who Konnichiwa was I realized what I had done. Thankfully, it/she was resting on top of the garbage and I was able to save little Konnichiwa. A played and played and played with her/it for the next few days. Then one morning M got a hold of it and ripped it in two. Upon seeing her beloved sticker A said, "Don't be broken Konnichiwa. Don't be scared. Konnichiwa sad. Blanky will come sing to you." We then taped her up and she was back in one piece. A again played and played with Konnichiwa until a couple of weeks ago when she went missing. A has been calling out for Konnichiwa everyday (multiple times) in hopes that she returns. We went for another doctor's appointment today and A asked the doctor and the front desk lady for Konnichiwa but sadly since we don't know her true name we were unable to find her look-a-like sticker. As A would say, "Poor little Konnichiwa." A true testiment that you don't have to spend a lot of money on a little girl with a big imagination. :)