The heartwarming story behind a care bear collection

The start of my Care Bear collection started when I was three

I was in the hospital for still to this day unknown. However, I'm still here, so that's good

But I did not speak for some reason and I was given Grumpy Bear just to comfort me

but whenever I was upset, I would like hold him up and then they got me a Chair Bear

which is a happier one, and they noticed when I was happy, I'd be holding that one. When I was sad, I'd be holding Grumpy Bear

So I started to be given more and more of them and it just started all of this

My favorite Care Bear would have to be this one. It doesn't have a name. It is a Doodle Bear mixed with a Care Bear

It's a prototype that was done by Play Along. It never came out and it's the only Care Bear that doesn't have a name

So to me it's very special and then also this has been seen in Care Bears, but I even

messaged them to see if it had a name and they won't let me know what it is. What inspired me to attempt this Guinness World Record is kind of it happened on its own

As a child, I started my collection at three, but in 2016, I realized that I had a lot of

Care Bears given to me over the years and it was kind of like a fill in the blanks or

like fix the puzzle and finish it. So I started purchasing more Care Bears and donating them to women's hospitals and

charities. And when they re-released in 2020 during the pandemic, it was the perfect

time to be able to keep building my collection and keep donating them because then

they were easier to access