I have always had a soft spot in my heart for big floofy stuffed animals, and happily, so do many of my friends. Here, Maggie gets cuddly with some of mine.

Maggie gets cuddly with the very first large bear I ever owned --which, ironically, wasn't until I began the Honors Program in Medical Education (BS/MD) at Northwestern in 1994...

Jenny and Ky get cuddly with Calamity Jane, one of my favorites

Maggie hides behind a huge puppy Jenny and Ky kindly surprised me with, Summer 2003

Amy Gray and a friend I surprised her with, Winter 2001

Me on my way to Andy and Cat's place, with a friend for them to adopt

Zeynep on the phone with Missy, after Maggie and I surprised her with the big white fellow under her arm

Zeynep, Laura and I get silly, with Zeynep's Goldenpaws and Laura's Mat the Coyote, which Maggie and I surprised her with one Christmas

Maggie, with a big white friendly fellow of her own (yes, Amy's, Zeynep's, and Maggie's bears are all connected --long happy story, ask me about it sometime)

Zeynep and Laura get silly(er). :-)

Zeynep chats with Maggie, after recieving the little floofy gift Maggie and I surprised her with, Sept. 2003

Zeynep at home with Xena the Unicorn and Goldenpaws

Jesse and new friend that followed her home from Cranbrook Nature Center, 2005. :-)

Jesse posing for a silly shot at a local Meijers

Kat falls asleep while studying, with one of my big stuffed bears. In fact, exactly the same one Maggie poses with up above. :-)