Memories...

Old newspaper article that my G'ma Katy sent me. Found it in my old
Bible while cleaning out my closet. so dang funny! She knew me so well,
even back then! she knew how I loved to cook:)

3 of the dolls G'ma made for me. These were the 3 I played w/ the most, yet ironic enough, i have no idea what their names were. I am pretty sure the brunette was Kirstin, and she made her to look like me. Maybe one day i'll have a lil
girl to play with these:)))

Up close of bin where some of my dolls are. They've been hiding out in the bottom of my seriously disastrous closet.
The dolls are laying flat on top of layers and layers of handmade clothes she made for them. I spent 90% of my childhood playing w/ all this stuff for real! Just love it.

Found my baby quilt she made me too. A little tattered from all the wear
and washing but just made me smile:)

A little fuzzy but a closer look at some of the detail work. She was so funny
bc she would use all the fancy stitches on yer sewing machine and add
details to the dolls w/ fabric crayons. This was made to match my nursery,
which was done all in yellow gingham:)

the crazy-looking man on the quilt. it was this and the bonnet girl. Guess
this pattern was fairly popular back in the day:)

Just had to take a quick sec to stop and post this. This morning, right after we woke up, Randall said if I wanted him to put all the shelving in my Xtra bedroom closet, that he'd better do it today before he ran outta gas..I'm like OKAY!!! I have been wanting that closet done since we moved in 3 yrs ago! it's the only closet we've not put the organization in and it has been my worst nightmare since moving in! it just collects EVERYTHING....regifted gift bags, scrapbooking paper and supplies, baby gifts and presents yet-to-give, my old piano books, and lastly, all my old barbies and handmade dolls and doll clothes my Grandma Katy made me so many moons ago. I hadn't opened them in ages, so when i finally got to those bins (they were the last ones i pulled outta the closet), i had to open them up and just take a moment to remember all my great memories as a kid. She made one doll to look like me, and even made me and the doll clothes to match!! so crazy. wish Mom woulda saved my clothes that matched, but i do still have all the doll clothes and Barbie clothes she handmade for me...just waiting for a little girl to come along and play with them like i did so long ago. It was so weird, bc even though the dolls have always been in me or my Mom's possession all these years (at least from what i remember), when i picked up the one doll and smelled her, it smelled JUST like my G'ma's house. I swear, it just hit me so hard, and i got all choked up...that ache in my chest like i had for nearly a year after she died. But happy memories. So many happy memories. I guess my xtra bedroom is full of them, from pictures of her, to pics on my wall that used to hang in her house, to the seafoam green ceramic cat that used to hold open her bathroom door in her mobile home. Gosh, i just miss her so. I also found an old newspaper article she'd sent me while looking through my old Bible. I had that bible in the closet bc during one of the moves, it had gotten all moldy on the cover. so as i was going thru discarding all the old church bulletins and reminiscing about that time in my life, i ran across the article. So dang funny. I don't really have too much w/ her handwriting on it, bc after all the years of my life w/ her sending me card after card and article after article, i just tossed most she sent me after it sat around my house for a few months:)--after i had enjoyed it. So cool to find that little treasure in there today and see what it made me feel. After almost 4 yrs it still hits me so hard...I just miss her so much. she was such a huge part of my life and i will ever be changed for knowing her and missing her. but am ever grateful for the memories she left behind for me...in the beautiful homemade things she made me, to her notes and humor, and thoughtfulness every day of her life. Funny how cleaning a closet can take you on such a journey from the past:)