There Was a Little Girl

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There Was a Little Girl

February 22, 2016 by dorannrule

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A chalk drawing of a little girl

always hung in a living room space.

She’s all grown up now of course,

but it still holds an honored place.

The little girl was me before

and hangs again on our living room wall,

a reminder of who I once was growing up

and who I am still, after all.

Posted in About Me, Art, Country Thoughts, Home and Hearth, Memories, On Aging, Poetry, Uncategorized, Who Me? | Tagged Aging, Art, Chalk Drawing, Country thoughts, Growing up, home decor, memories, poetry, Random thoughts, thoughts | 37 Comments

37 Responses

on February 22, 2016 at 3:15 am Eliza Waters

Sweet poem and picture, Dor. You’re still a doll!

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on February 22, 2016 at 3:49 am Mary

A beautiful pastel of a young child with dreams aplenty and who many years later saw her dreams become golden nuggets of life’s treasures. Happy Sunday Dorann!

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on February 22, 2016 at 4:23 am John

So precious a drawing! God bless you. 🙂

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on February 22, 2016 at 5:17 am Dymphna Alexander

What a sweet girl and a sweet girl she stil is.

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on February 22, 2016 at 5:28 am Donna Catterick

That’s a wonderful image and I love the thoughts that go with it.

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on February 22, 2016 at 5:31 am ritaroberts

That’s a lovely photo of you Dora. and as sweet as you are now.

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on February 22, 2016 at 6:13 am The Coastal Crone

How very special! She (you) is beautiful!

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on February 22, 2016 at 7:14 am dorannrule

🙂 You make me smile Eliza. Thank you. 🙂

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on February 22, 2016 at 7:15 am dorannrule

Your words are as beautiful as your art work Mary. Happy Sunday to you too. 🙂

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on February 22, 2016 at 7:15 am dorannrule

Thank you John! You are a fine friend indeed.

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on February 22, 2016 at 7:17 am dorannrule

Dymph!!! I am so glad to hear from you. And I am so glad you haven’t forgotten me. I hope to see you again soon! Love and hugs and thank you for your sweet comment. 🙂

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on February 22, 2016 at 7:17 am dorannrule

That’s a wonderful comment too Donna! Thanks so much.

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on February 22, 2016 at 7:19 am dorannrule

Thank you Rita. I tend to forget the drawing is there but a friend was over and asked who the girl in the picture was. And that dredged up a whole lot of memories. 🙂

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on February 22, 2016 at 7:20 am dorannrule

Thank you coastalcrone. It was truly the age of innocence.

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on February 22, 2016 at 8:20 am Anne Mehrling

How sweet!!!

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on February 22, 2016 at 8:22 am Life With The Top Down

Reminders are always welcome. That is such a beautiful picture…you look like a little doll.

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on February 22, 2016 at 9:56 am Jill Weatherholt

Aw…this is so sweet, Dor. What a cutie pie you were…and still are! 🙂

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on February 22, 2016 at 10:43 am Mike

And who we still are, for sure. We are the everyday of our existence, and the best of us still play and are full of wonder, if not wounded some along the way. Are you, dear Dor, are a cutie pie.

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on February 22, 2016 at 11:07 am dorannrule

I love your thoughts on this Mike! Thank you for seeing through life’s enforced changes that still leave the original essence of us as we once were!

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on February 22, 2016 at 11:08 am dorannrule

I am an old lady now Jill, but I can’t help smiling when you call me “cutie pie”. Mom called me that a long time ago.

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on February 22, 2016 at 11:10 am dorannrule

Oooooh! I never thought of the “doll” image. It was always just me – a young girl with dreams and reactions to life. 🙂

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on February 22, 2016 at 11:11 am Mike

We are every second of who we have ever been. And for you that means Shirley Temple cute!

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on February 22, 2016 at 2:09 pm photosfromtheloonybin

Sooooo adorable, but I also see a little girl dreaming of adventure, and I think you have had a few since then haven’t you? 😃

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on February 22, 2016 at 6:48 pm Charlie@Seattle Trekker

The thing I find so amazing about aging is you never feel any older inside.

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on February 22, 2016 at 6:48 pm Woman in the Middle

The second I saw that drawing, I knew it was you! How adorable it is and you were!

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on February 22, 2016 at 11:54 pm emjayandthem

Beautiful then and now! Loved this! MJ

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on February 23, 2016 at 1:23 am Kim Smyth

Such a cute pic of you Dora and a sweet poem too! I remember pictures like that of my cousins hanging on their parents walls. There may even be one of me somewhere, I am about to be 55 after all! Were they chalk for real or a process that makes them appear that way? I remember in my cousins pictures, their cheeks and lips looked really pink. Anyway, thanks for sharing yours!

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on February 23, 2016 at 10:36 am Mama's Empty Nest

Dor, I just knew you were a sweetie when you were little and your inner child still comes out to play, doesn’t she? Both the picture and the poem are just adorable.

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on February 24, 2016 at 4:22 am dorannrule

The little girl stays the same in all of us I think. I’ll bet we would have been friends when we were kids. 🙂

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on February 24, 2016 at 4:24 am dorannrule

My Mom told me they knew an artist who asked to do the chalk interpretations of me and my brother – copied from photographs. Unfortunately, the chalk version of my brother was water damaged but I do have the original photos. 🙂

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on February 24, 2016 at 4:25 am dorannrule

It’s always fun to look back and try to figure out what we were thinking when a photo was taken. Thanks MJ!

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on February 24, 2016 at 4:27 am dorannrule

Thanks Kim… I love it that you could recognize the “me” in that early version. 🙂

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on February 24, 2016 at 4:27 am dorannrule

True Charlie – the inner child is still one of the great mysteries in life. 🙂

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on February 24, 2016 at 4:28 am dorannrule

Oh boy yes! 🙂 🙂

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on February 24, 2016 at 4:29 am dorannrule

I like the way you put that Mike… that “we are every second of who we have ever been.” As for Shirley, I could never really tap dance. 🙂

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on February 24, 2016 at 5:09 am Mama's Empty Nest

I know it!!

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on March 5, 2016 at 3:45 pm pattisj

What a priceless treasure! I’m glad you have it now.

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