第三篇 LoveThroughTime
爱穿越时光
ADollforGreat-grandmother
杰奎琳·希奇 / JacquelineHickey
Whenmygrandfatherdied， my83-year-oldgrandmother， oncefulloflife， ， shemovedinwithmymother， whereshewasvisitedoftenbyothermembersofherlarge， lovingfamily (twochildren， eightgrandchildren， 22great-grandchildrenandtwogreat-great-grandchildren).Althoughshestillhadhergooddays， itwasoftenhardtoarouseherinterest.
OnechillyDecemberafternoonthreeyearsago， mydaughterMeagan， theneight， andIweresettlinginforalongvisitwith “GG，” ， whenshenoticedthatMeaganwascarryingherfavoritedoll.
“I， too， hadaspecialdollwhenIwasalittlegirl，” shetoldawide-eyedMeagan， “， withMom， Dadandmyfoursisters， andtheveryfirstgiftIopenedthatChristmaswasthemostbeautifuldollyou’deverwanttosee.”
“Shehadanexquisite， hand-paintedporcelainface， ， ， andherarmsandlegsbentatthejoints.”
GG’svoicedroppedlow， takingonanalmostreverenttone.“Mydollwasdressedinadaintypinkgown， ， — ！”
GG’seyesfilledandhervoiceshookwithemotionassherecalledthatChristmasoflongago.“...， eversogently， ， Iheardaloudcrash.”
“Ihardlyhadtoturnround—， therelaymybeautifuldollonthefloor， ’.”
AfewyearslaterGG’sbabysisterwasalsogone， shetoldMeagan， —tears， Iknew， notonlyforalostdollandalostsister， butforalosttime.
Subduedfortherestofthevisit， Meaganwasnosoonerinthecargoinghomethansheexclaimed， “Mom， Ihaveagreatidea！ Let’sgetGGanewdollforChristmas， ’tcrywhenshethinksaboutit.”
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Wherethere’sawill， astheysay， there’， LizandChris， aboutmyproblem， Lizputmeintouchwithalocaldollmakerwhomadedollheads， -quartersofacenturyago— makingsuretospecify “bigblueeyesthatopenedandclosed，” ， andMeaganandIshoppedforfabric， ， whohadsomeexperiencewithahot-gluegun， volunteeredtoputthedolltogether， andasthelastdaysbeforeChristmasracedby， Chrishelpedmemakethedoll’soutfit， ， ChrisandIsearchedfordoll “bootswithrealbuttons，” Meaganwroteandillustratedthestoryofthelostdoll.
