RAGGEDY ANN
"SHE WAS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A RAG DOLL"
I DO NOT REMEMBER WHEN RAGGEDY ANN HAS NOT
BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE...........
RAGGEDY ANN CAME TO LIVE WITH ME THE
CHRISTMAS OF 1943. I WAS 2 1/2 YEARS OLD.
WE GREW UP ON A FARM IN IOWA,
FAR AWAY FROM OUR NEIGHBORS. RAGGEDY
ANN DID NOT GO OUTSIDE MUCH. SHE SPENT
MOST OF HER TIME PLAYING WITH ALL OF HER
FRIENDS. PERHAPS YOU MAY HEARD OF SOME OF HER
FRIENDS. THEY WERE "SPARKLE PLENTY" AND
"AMOSANDRA. "SPARKLE" WAS ALWAYS THE BEST
DRESSED, AS SHE HAD LOTS OF NEW HOMEMADE
DRESSES. RAGGEDY ANN DID NOT HAVE A CHANGE
OF CLOTHES, SO HER DRESS AND APRON WERE
ALWAYS CAREFULLY WASHED. RAGGEDY ANN
USED TO WRITE ME LITTLE NOTES. WHEN I NEEDED
TO DO SOMETHING I DIDN'T WANT TO DO, A NOTE
WOULD APPEAR FROM OUT OF THE BLUE. THIS
CLEVER SCHEME USUALLY WORKED.
DURING MY LAST
TWO YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL, WE WERE LIVING IN FRANCE.
I IMPLORED A CLASSMATE TO MAKE RAGGEDY A NEW
DRESS AND APRON. SHE WEARS IT TO THIS DAY,
( ALTHOUGH HER TATTERED DRESS AND APRON ARE
CAREFULLY PUT AWAY.) RAGGEDY ANN HAS BEEN
TO NURSING SCHOOL, AND LIVED IN SEVERAL STATES.
RAGGEDY ANN'S SHOES ARE WORN, HER STUFFING
CONDENSED, HER RED HAIR FADED, AND SHE HAS
MANY STITCHES IN HER FACE. THESE WERE THE RESULT
OF MANY FACE WASHINGS, TEARS, HUGS, KISSES & PERFUME.
THE ONLY PART OF RAGGEDY ANN THAT REMAINS
UNCHANGED IS THE LITTLE HIDDEN HEART THAT SAYS,
"I LOVE
YOU"
I HAVE SEEN LISTS OF "LIKE NEW" OLDER RAGGEDY
ANN'S FOR SALE. I DO NOT HAVE THE BOX SHE CAME IN,
NOR DOES SHE LOOK BRAND NEW, BUT I WOULD NOT SELL
HER FOR ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY.
MY SONS HAVE HAD THEIR RAGGEDY ANN'S
AND ANDY'S, AS HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN AND MANY OF
MY FRIENDS CHILDREN.
OF ALL THE RAGGEDY ANN'S MADE, I DOUBT THERE HAS
BEEN ONE MADE THAT HAS BEEN LOVED MORE FOR SO LONG.
THIS IS RAGGEDY ANN'S LATEST PICTURE.
SHE WAS 55 YEARS OLD.
DO WRITE AND I WILL TELL RAGGEDY ANN YOU STOPPED BY.
PLEASE - DON'T FORGET TO TELL US WHERE YOU ARE FROM.
THANK YOU, AND DO STOP BY
AGAIN .
THIS PAGE WAS CREATED AUGUST
9TH, 1997 WITH LOVE.
up dated July 12,2001
Made
with pride in the USA
THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED , WITH LOVE , ON April 15, 2001