Testimonies: My first doll 26 Articles

by Dolores Moore

Like many precious things in life, I did not realize how important poor Ginny was to me till she was gone. She only lived with me for a short three years, till she met with a dreadful end. But before that horror is reve...read more

by Patricia Coffman

My earliest experience with dolls was an adorable set of rag doll twins back in 1965. One was a girl and one was a boy. The girl's name was Raggedy Ann, and the boy's name was Raggedy Andy. What a pair they made with their...read more

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by Rachelle de Bretagne

My first doll was the ugliest doll you can imagine. Friends all had their shop bought dolls and here I was stuck with a doll that no-one else would want, need or desire. Her head was wobbly and her clothing made of wool. H...read more

by Mary Bubbins

I can still see her face as if she were sitting in front of me and her pretty, light blue dress with its bit of lace around the neck like it were a dress I put in my daughter's dresser every day. I named her after myself b...read more

by Kate Savage

Molly was long legged, with brown woolen hair and a big red smile. She was bigger than I for quite some time and she used to go on amazing adventures with me. I can picture her now, in her pretty floral dress, with matchin...read more

by Donna Fallesen

I remember it like it was yesterday. Four o'clock in the morning. I leaped out of bed and flew down the stairs before anyone was awake. It was Christmas morning, and the house was silent and still, except for my slippers p...read more

by Pissara Umavijani

A doll means nothing without a memory. Old toys can bring back the deepest childhood memories and the familiar smell of love back to our lives. It seemed like yesterday when I merrily welcomed Ciceo Bello, a doll that h...read more

by Sara A Broers

The pink and white polka dots are something I cherish in the back of my mind like a sister. The blonde hair and deep blue eyes are what I remember so clearly. My Father was a trooper through the department stores in 1969...read more

by Wendy Brock

It was my third Christmas and I was so excited about all the presents. I had already opened my Western Style Barbie, Ken, and Horse. It was a great night. Santa really must have thought I was good. But there was the last g...read more

by Debra Herring

As the youngest sibling in the family, I was destined to a childhood of "hand-me-downs". I wore used clothing and used shoes, and played with used toys. My first dolls had previously belonged to my sisters. Their origin...read more

by Ellen Porter

It all started with Linda. I can't remember when I got her. I think it was for my first birthday. I think my mother named her Linda in honor of a friend of hers, who had given me the doll. Linda's head was made of so...read more

by Gina De La Garza

Dolls Schmolls.This is actually quite amusing because my first doll was not a doll that girls usually play with. It wasn't a baby doll, or a Barbie doll. My very first type of doll was a GI Joe doll. I was a huge tomboy an...read more

by Sheila-Ann Bender

I don't even know what I named her, but I loved her enough to keep her decapitated little body safely buried away inside my mother's keepsake chest for as long as I can remember. Momma always told me that she was my very ...read more

by Lillian Taylor

The first doll I remember was one that was recycled a second time. One Christmas, my mother bought my sister and me new dolls. They were pretty and precious to us. We were fortunate to get these dolls because my mother...read more

by Barbara A. Black

He may not have been my first doll, but I remember having him as far back as I can remember, long before I started school at the ripe old age of six! He was my favorite doll until I was given my Raggedy Ann, sometime afte...read more

by Bev Maher

Who can forget their first doll,it is like a first kiss a memory so special it is etched on to your heart like a tattoo.My first doll has never left my life as even at the tender age of 39 I still have her close by.Deborah...read more

by J-rae

Write your article here In my life, I have had many, many toys. I must admit quite a few of them consisted of dolls, and Barbies, and many other girl toys. I remember my first doll I remember very well. She had been my fav...read more

by Sandria Mushero

I remember seeing her sit on the top shelf of a little groceries store around the corner from where we lived. She had blond hair and had her very own beauty parlor chair. Every time my mother took us to that little store ...read more

by Lisa De Wal

As the eldest of six children, the motherly instinct was something inborn. A baby doll was the center of my world until my sister came along taking the place of a doll as a living, animated playmate to mother. Childhood me...read more

by Shelia Hardrick

Oh how i remember my first doll! She wasn't the exact doll i had asked for, but she was great. I even remember naming her Mary. It was my first Christmas living with my dad and he tried very hard to make Christmas specia...read more