With my grandpa

All of our youth

And he was always

The peace maker

Between sisters..

My sister had a large

Collection of vintage

period Dolls and

Our great- grandmother

Crochet beautiful

Outfits for some…

When Maury cleaned

Our room every Saturday

She would put out different

Dolls to depict the season, holiday

Month or color…

I loved the dolls but wasn’t

Allowed to touch them

According to my sister…

But when Maury was at school

And mom got sick of trying

To keep a 4/5 year old entertained

She would say go play with

The dolls in your bedroom

Closet…

When Maury got home she

Would find the dolls out of

Their boxes on the floor and

In various disarray of

Undress…

She would’ve

Run screaming to mom

At what I had done…

Mom would just say…

To take me upstairs and show

Me how to redress them and put

Them in the boxes and put

Them away…

Upon coming home from

Work my grandpa

Heard his HoneyGirl ( Maury)

Upset and crying and Me his

(Honey Bunch) being berated

And threatened…

Grandpa sat on the floor and

Helped Maury get all the

Dolls back together and put away

And told her that on Saturday

He would show her how

To solved the problem…

By the end of the weekend

Only the few dolls that decorated

Our dresser that I couldn’t reach

Were visible…

I could never figure out where

She hid them… there must

Have been 30/40 altogether…

One night when I was older

Maury told me that she and

Grandpa took his hats out of the

Hat boxes and keep all the dolls

In there on his higher shelves…

Out of sight out of mind…

And he bought me a Betsy wetsy

Doll that I loved…

Maury said they never told

Mom where the dolls were

As she didn’t honor Maury’s

Ownership and the care she

Gave to the dolls…

I’m sure grandpa told mom

But she never let on…

I looked everywhere

For those dolls but

Finally lost interest!!!

Yep Grandpa always had the

Best ways to keep peace and

Always had candy and cupcakes

To quiet the yelling…