Psychologists call these ‘transitional items’ – an object that represents stability and predictability in unstable and unpredictable situations
For my hike across England on the country’s 17th and newest official national trail, the Coast to Coast route, I packed the items deemed essential for walking around 20 km each day in unpredictable North Country weather. The list from my tour company,, included rain pants, a rain jacket, a pair of gaiters, dry bags, a hydration bladder, a wool hat and gloves, and sunscreen. It did not include a stuffed pink rabbit called Miffy, but into the pack she went anyway.
I’ve always loved stuffed toys. As a toddler, my working mother would buy me one every payday as a kind of compensation for leaving me with a sitter. My collection, commensurate with her guilt, was impressive. When my parents got divorced, I would carry one back and forth between their houses every other weekend even though, by that point, I was probably too old to be doing it.
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