More than a doll | Más que una muñeca. LOH #192.

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Good morning ladies of Hive, I hope you are well and I take this opportunity to wish you a Wednesday full of positive energies for all of you, here I will share with you my entry for this week:

**What old and worn out thing can't you just not get rid of?

It is not only an old thing, it is a doll with a great sentimental value for me, this doll was made almost 30 years ago by the aunt of my maternal grandfather Jose called Genoveva, she lived in a small town in the state of Trujillo here in Venezuela called La Cejita, she made dolls and handmade crafts because she liked it very much.

She sent with my grandfather to Maracaibo this doll, at that time I was only a baby with only months old and the doll rested in my crib, she took a while to see me and when she finally met me when my parents went on vacation to visit her, I was about 2 years old, that same week she got sick and died, I could not share more than a moment at her side.

The doll was part of my favorite toys while I was a child, I took care of her as the most precious thing I had, she is made of rag and the fabric is so old that it has been breaking with the passing of the years, I would not like to change her clothes because I do not want to take away her essence, my friends used to make fun of her because she was not beautiful but I have always been in love with her details, her eyes, eyebrows and lips made with threads, her green blouse and her long red skirt, the fabric that covered her hair is a little broken but she still keeps the original one which makes her more authentic.

It is a valuable object, that connects me with a relative and although we do not share much, I feel that this doll is a spiritual connection between her and me, every time I hug her I think of the beautiful gift that my aunt Genoveva gave me and that even as a baby I was part of her thoughts and she left me this present in her passage through life.

Although now I have it well hidden from the girls because I do not want it to break more because it is very old, all my dolls are gone except her because it is impossible to get rid of its meaning and that she loved me very much since I came into this world and she let me know with this object to remember her forever and not leave her in oblivion.

Thank you very much for reading ladies, I hug you wherever you are.

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Translation by Deepl