Ashley has recovered

When I was 5 yrs old I got a doll for my birthday. It was a baby doll that I named Ashley. She is the size of a 3-6 month old baby so when I used to carry her around by her arm, some people thought that I was mishandling a real baby!

She's been through a lot...
1. If you look at her eyes she has a "cataract" in her right eye. It's always been there, it must have been a faulty eye that missed inspection.
2. My sister and I performed "surgery" on her. We got real scissors to pretend to cut her open but then actually really took a snip from her soft-clothed belly. I put a band-aid on it and it's been there ever since.
3. Another time, Holly and I were fighting over my Ashley doll and we accidentally pulled her arm off. I used medical tape to bandage her back up. Then I made all my family members sign her "cast." I even helped my two cats sign it.
4. And finally, when we moved to our current house, her head fell off! Her head was starting to get loose and the roughness of the move must have been the final straw. I was saddened when Darrell brought my precious doll over to me to announce she had been decapitated. Some people that were there laughed, but I was sad.

Ashley has been in a closet for a few years with her head off. It made me sad every time I happened to open that closet and saw her with her head off, pretty creepy. This year for my birthday, my mom took Ashley over to the doll hospital and had her head put back on. She's good as new! (Although I specifically requested to keep the band-aid on her chest and the tape on her arm since those were fond memories.)

Thanks for bringing Ashley back to life! :)

Salem at 4 months was the same size as my Ashley doll.