Today would have been my mother's 81st birthday. She passed away in 2013. She was fun, bubbly , and loved Elizabeth Taylor.
This particular doll is both lovely and poignant to me, as I gave it to my mom in the year she passed away, and it was one of the few she de-boxed. I do not have the original one I gave her-that is a painful story I do not wish to recall here, but one of the same persons who took most of her collection - a 'friend' also gave me this doll, the same doll, when her own mother died, who also collected dolls. So life makes circles. But back to my mom, who this story is about.
Mom loved Elizabeth Taylor, her life, her movies, and her style. She had sold Avon in the heydey of the 1980s when Elizabeth Taylor was doing a line of fabulous jewelry and had some pieces which I regret having to sell now. She adored the perfume "White Diamonds" and I have to say it is one of my favorite perfumes as well.
Today, in honor of my mom, I have waited until this anniversary of her birthday and the tenth year of her passing, to de-box this lovely doll.
Enjoy your dolls. As well as those passed onto you.
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