Patty Porcupine

This is Patty the Porcupine. Mae Mae (aka Sister aka Maaree aka my Momma's best friend and sister) bought this for my birthday when I was about mmmm...9 or so. When I first got Patty, her hair stood on the ends and she had a pink bow in her hair. I wish now that I had a picture of her back in day to compare with her now much loved body. Patty has slept with me since I was 9 and still does. She went with me to college, spend the night parties, overseas in the Navy and she still shares a bed with Tim and I (he doesn't mind). It is strange because Loretta has never dared to chew on Patty. I think she knows our relationship and realizes that she is a Crews now. When I am sick, I pull her along with a pillow and blanket and watch cartoons on the couch as though I were 9 years old again. When Mae Mae found out that I choose this doll to have as my best friend...she felt honored, as though I had chosen her along with Patty. In a way, I did. I love you, Mae Mae! So much that my heart hurts being away from you, but Patty keeps me company for the time being and reminds me of you.