Winter term

I've always had a bit of a mania for dolls to be honest stemming from childhood and if my memory happens to be correct, I have from time to time talked about some of my porcelain collectors dolls on here before I had to talk about this other side of me and since I had some more 'play' rag dolls and that.

What I'd give for set of dolls in British school uniform,eh?  Rather more than you'd  think and around now is when you'd be getting ready to return to school had you been an actual child and school is one setting I felt I belonged in to be honest. Safe, carefree, looked after.

Debbie

This is a picture of a porcelain doll I've had since my teens called Debbie.

She was bought for me from a doll fair near Macclesfield and she's been with me no matter where I've been living ever since. I like the blouse and dress she's wearing.

A dolls party time

That I always loved dolls has never been in question even if some may of questioned it but to be honest this is all I'm wanting to do: To wear pretty dresses and play with dolls for hours with both us looking amazingly cute.
With everything that has happened I find it so therapeutic to be in a spot where all triggering things are gone, where the innocence that a child-minded me is at because of my brain damage loving and being loved for the life that is natural for me, free to be myself.
Matching outfits for me to go with the dolls would be icing on the cake!

Doll collecting

One fascination I had in my junior years was collecting dolls in their individual national costumes partly as a gateway into finding out about different countries, customs and cultures and also because I just loved dolls with their pretty outfits.
The alpine regions of Italy, Switzerland and Austria also held a fascination for me too.

My little support workers

One thing I have always like and still enjoy is rag dolls of which I have a good number that live on my shelves that I use whenever I am feeling very anxious or otherwise stressed, holding, stroking or 'playing' with them both at home and at work where they do understand needs like this that I have in One thing I have always like and still enjoy is rag dolls of which I have a good number that live on my shelves that I use whenever I am feeling very anxious or otherwise stressed, holding, stroking or 'playing' with them both at home and at work where they do understand needs like this that I have in things such as meetings. It's a part of who I am.