My Mother's Paper Doll

Represents our generational strength

I started and ended Paperdolls & Cowboy Boots by writing about my mother's paper doll. The one my grandmother made for her when she was a little girl.

A tear could have washed her away. In the attic, underneath layers of dust, I found her. I carefully brushed the dirt from her face. She was watercolored by my grandmother’s hand, evidently for my mother …