I have a dilemma.. I’ve been having a clear out and have found an old doll that was either a birthday or Christmas present (can’t remember which!) when I was about 10.
I called her Pamela and she was gorgeous – dark hair (and she came with her own brush and comb set), eyes that opened and closed, she walked – and TALKED. I also got a doll’s pram for her and used to parade up and down the street with my baby… as I see little girls still do nearly 60 years later.
Pamela has spent the last 30+ years wrapped in a silk scarf at the back of a wardrobe. She is in her original clothes, including the straw sun bonnet, although the white vest and socks are a bit grey. I’ve just washed them all in the hope they’ll look a little fresher… She still walks, her eyes still open and close, but she has long since lost her voice.
I have no children of my own to pass her to, and although I do have one special little 7 year old who loves girly things, she is in Australia and I’m not sure she’d want Pamela anyway.
It seems silly to keep her wrapped up and never seen, so I’ve checked on Ebay and there is a market for such dolls – although she won’t make me a rich woman. Do I keep her or sell her? And why I am really fretting about it… I have no reason to be sentimental about this.
Funny how we hang on to things from our past when they serve absolutely no purpose.
JULY UPDATE – I decided to sell Pamela and she is currently winging her way to a lady in Western Australia whom I hope will look after her
ALIVE AND CREAKING 