Childhood Memories
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Childhood Memories
Izabella and I were talking about her well loved pillow this evening and how the silk tag she loves to hold while sleeping, is on it's last leg. She said mommy can I still keep pillow if the tag falls off? I told her of course. I said in fact Mommy has her Leo which is equivalent to your pillow, from when mommy was a little girl. She then asked me to show her Leo so I did. She loved him. He kept my nightmares away as a child and he always brings fond memories when I see him. Even now when I have a bad day with my health issues I like him to be near.
So do any of you have anything from your childhood that warms your heart?
Hugs
April
So do any of you have anything from your childhood that warms your heart?
Hugs
April
#2
Yes! I had a Tiny Thumbalina doll. She has been well loved. All she has left of her hair is a mohawk where it was sewn in. Her lower arms and legs are hard plastic and her body is cloth...needless to say they are splitting apart so what did I do as a child? Why put bandaids on her of course! I want to take her to the doll hospital and get her fixed up...thanks for reminding me! Oh and I still like to rub on silk if I'm upset or having trouble sleeping (thanks to those blankets with silk binding...)
Diannia
Diannia
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Oh, April, a bubble of love and compassion rose up in my chest when I saw your Leo.
I didn't have such a thing when I was a child, but then, I was very lonely and stressed from early childhood through early adulthood; perhaps it would have been different if I had had 'someone' like Leo to love and comfort me. Both my girls had a 'lovey', thankfully.
Jan in VA
I didn't have such a thing when I was a child, but then, I was very lonely and stressed from early childhood through early adulthood; perhaps it would have been different if I had had 'someone' like Leo to love and comfort me. Both my girls had a 'lovey', thankfully.
Jan in VA
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My granddaughter has always had a lovey quilt. She wears them out completely. I have to make a new one when each one wears out. She is in her 20's now and still carries her lovey with her, not as much as when a child. The last one was swiss cheese by the time I made a new one for her.
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My DD always had to have the corner of a pillowcase or blanket between her fingers to sleep. Recently I got a hug of appreciation when I made her the "perfect" new pillowcase (she's 33). Her son does the same thing.
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I had a rag doll with a china head, arms, legs that my grandmother made me .. until the muslin fell apart .. sigh ..I would love to find a pattern for that one- doll heads included- and make them for my grands ..
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i had the bunny that my dad bought me when he saw me for the first time . i was one and he was returning from korea. I lived with my grandma so when i was 7 he came and got me. while with him I recievedthe first and last thing from my bio-mom. it was a pink bunny. I always kept them together in my room. i finally parted with them in 2000. the pink bunny was 38, and the other one was 45. not sure why i decided to part with them but sometime i glance at the bed and think of them.
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no, I would have but after I had a near fatal car accident at 21, I lost my memory. My family felt it was hard on me trying to remember all the "stuff" in my room so it all disappeared. sigh. so, I see pictures and ask questions. Sometimes one of my brothers even has an answer! haha
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Yes! I had a Tiny Thumbalina doll. She has been well loved. All she has left of her hair is a mohawk where it was sewn in. Her lower arms and legs are hard plastic and her body is cloth...needless to say they are splitting apart so what did I do as a child? Why put bandaids on her of course! I want to take her to the doll hospital and get her fixed up...thanks for reminding me! Oh and I still like to rub on silk if I'm upset or having trouble sleeping (thanks to those blankets with silk binding...)
Diannia
Diannia
As for the silk edgings on blankets, my niece latched onto a pair of my SIL's panties (that she had just bought -- never worn) & that was her lovey! She called them her "silky".
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