This new year has already had so many changes for me and loved ones I hold dear. Some have been positive and others just down right frightening.
This is a quote I came across yesterday and I believe in it 100% --
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle"
-Plato
The picture of the doll is one I found at a thrift store recently. I remember as a child I wanted one of these dolls so bad. They had so many colors to choose from. I thought them so fragile and dainty -- something I definitely never was as a child!! Growing up with 5 boys can make a girl that way. Remembering back, being called a "tomboy" was pretty regular in descriptions of me. It wasn't that I liked snakes or bugs or being too much of a dare devil (did run a dirt bike up the side of our house leaving a nice tire mark -- only because I couldn't figure out how to make it stop) but because I did like to make mud pies and pitch a ball or two. Also, I never was into the newest fashion scene or dolling it up in front of a mirror.
So now, I have this doll and she still appears fragile and dainty to me as when I gazed upon them on a shelf in a store as a child, but I have changed, grown, moved on and had 3 dolls (children) I love more dearly than I could have ever imagined wanting or loving anything else.
Still smiling about the memories and looking forward to making more. Have a good day no matter what comes your way. We are going to make it through the calm and chaos!!!
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