Two Dolls

My aunt, Dot, has four daughters, all a little younger than me: Karen, Sharon, Beth, and Tammy.  We grew up together, cousins, and Tammy, the youngest, was the flower girl in my wedding.

Now Sharon and Beth are grandmothers; each has a daughter who has a daughter.

Last week, they went to Cleveland, Georgia, where the original Cabbage Patch dolls are made.  (At some point, Mattel mass-produced plastic versions, but these are the handstitched originals--the ones the child "adopts" at the Babyland General Hospital.)

These are my cousins' granddaughters, each with a doll chosen to match her skin tone.