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Fairies

I have been collecting dolls since I was just a little girl. I had a grandma that first got me into it and she provided me with my first old fashioned doll. The poor thing's head had been shaved but otherwise she was in pretty good shape. It was evident that she had been cherished at one time. As I grew, my collection did too, and I began collecting porcelain dolls and barbies. My mom used to make clothes for my babies. I had a favorite doll that I would cart everywhere with us. Her body was soft and fuzzy, she had red hair that I could comb and style for hours, and she had great big blue eyes. I would put a diaper on her and dress her up according to where we were going. If it was evening time I would put jammies on her, if we were going out to dinner or breakfast, then she got to wear a dress. However, when cabbage patch dolls came out, my mother waited in line for hours to get me one of the first ones while I was at school. I came home and that doll was in its box lay...