My earliest memories are of being my Aunt’s little baby doll.
My father and mother went to Formosa when children under a certain age were not allowed to accompany them.
It was still the worst kind of third world place and not very good for babies and children.
I was still a baby in arms.
We lived in the mountains of Tennessee, out in the wilderness to say the least.
My daddy left me with his mother and his 2 younger sisters, Aunt Donna and Aunt Barbra, who were still children themselves.
We were far enough away from grown-up people, I was their play toy, and their baby doll to dress up and make pretty.
My earliest memories are of being in lace and diapers.
My grandmother and my Aunties always made sure I was dressed pretty.
As I got older, Aunt Donna was a very good seamstress and made all our clothes.
When I started school, the diapers mostly went away, but I was always a little girl in lace and ruffles.
I loved it.
This carried over into adult life and I still love to be the little girl in ponytails, and lace … and often in diapers as well.
I visit Aunt Donna often and am still her little baby girl in ruffles and lace.
When I turned 18, Aunt Donna had sewed me a cute little romper
. It tied behind my neck and had 3 rows of small ruffles across the bottom.
She made it a very soft blue.
I have not seen that color blue again and don’t know what it would be called.
It was softer than powder blue. Powder blue is my favorite color.
She had taken me on a trip for my birthday and we had a layover in Dallas Ft. Worth Texas.
I had worn the romper and Aunt Donna had tied my hair in ponytails.
I was really cute.
We had been there for several hours before the announcer finally told everyone we could board.
I was following Aunt Donna towards the Gate when some man reached over and pinched my bottom so hard I was bruised and sore for a week.
I had bruises the size of a silver dollar on my right bottom cheek.
I turned and hit the nearest person to me.
Fortunately, it was the right man.
I started to cry it hurt so much.
Aunt Donna hit him with that huge purse she always carried and he fell.
Security was there in a flash.
They arrested him and charged him with assault and battery on me.
He had a broken nose and a black eye.
I couldn’t sit comfortably for 8 days.
The bruises lasted more than 2 months.