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| With the exception of the dolls in red*, all the dolls underneath the Christmas tree were Christmas 2022 gifts. |
I had a nice Christmas in 2022 with reference to doll gifts. Christmas 2022, however, is the first Christmas in 67 years without my mother. She transitioned the day after Thanksgiving. These two holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas) and every other day henceforth will never be the same. She was my rock. A prayer warrior, she prayed for me and her entire family daily. She'd have an answer to all the woes I faced that I chose to share with her. However, I selectively shared tribulations because she would worry too much and worry me just as much about the situation wanting to know if it had resolved. So sometimes, I got through these things alone. Going forward without her, I'll have to get through similar situations alone but with the help of God, whom I've always had.
Back to my Christmas dolls, I was going to share individual photos, but there are over 20. So, I thought it would be better to share them in a video instead. Click the play button to view.
*With the exception of one of the dolls in red, the others dressed in red underneath and near the Christmas tree in the leading photo were dolls that my mother "borrowed" to use as Christmas decor in December 2010 and December 2011. I tried to bring the dolls back home after those two Christmas seasons, but she asked me to let them stay. So I did. Twelve years later, they have now returned to their first home with me.
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| Dreamy Walker by Shindana (1972) and Waiting for Santa by Lee Middleton (2004) were the first two dolls my mother "borrowed" to use for Christmas decor in 2010. This photo and the next were taken at her apartment. |
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| In 2011, she still had Dreamy Walker (not shown in this picture) and Middleton's Waiting for Santa. Mama asked for two more dolls in 2011, so I let her "borrow"Tevin and Ayana by Laura Tuzio-Ross. She already owned a reborn doll that I had given her years before that she dressed in a red velvet dress. |
In addition to the borrowed dolls that are back with me, two dolls that I gave my mother and her house plants are with me now.
Happy New Year! May your worries be few and your joys be plentiful.
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