People cook dinners. They build tree houses, knit scarves and draw homemade cards. Sometimes they help you move or take you to the rink or medical appointments. At other times, they simply listen.

These ordinary gifts of the heart are easily overlooked, yet everlasting. 

selfArchive Blog 12/18 | Holiday Spirt | Awakening | Transformation | Words 

Photograph: Blue Satin Doll Coat (circa 1960)
A pretty doll coat made by hand for Kathy, Linda and Arlene by our mother Izolda Kovacs Cotter.
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