Moxie joined her cousins today in the sacred act of receiving Tucker family hand-me-downs. Clothes, toys, and who knows else what went from me to Sam to Ryan to Helen to Hannah to Ruby and now to Moxie. The first of the treasures is a xylophone and the second a house with a family of armless residents.

I remember these toys. I remember the way the door clicks and the doorbell rings. How the people look nothing like the little sticker family portrait. Sure, Mama No Arms got a facelift and Dad No Arms left his family for his hot twenty something secretary–but the family still runs their household.

2 thoughts on “Circle of cousins

  1. Pat, (aunt pat) gave this cool toy to helen. She loved it, then gave it to(ruby?)/ the mark tucker family.I remember Ruby liking the slide-action. So great to see it used again. I'm sure it would still help me learn today from the pics, like; its ok to smile when you are lying down.

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