Aww, that’s lovely, I’m so glad to hear that!

I didn’t write down all of them when I went back and did that mass unboxing this last autumn in defiance of my dad’s mandate from 20 years ago, but a few of them have been particularly meaningful or just a happy experience and I wanted to share them, so I’m happy someone likes hearing them!

Egyptian Queen Barbie was still by far the most affecting since I stood in my mom’s basement and sobbed while doing it, but I think I feel a particular satisfaction with Water Lily Barbie because my mom liked her so much and because I think she was the most expensive Barbie I owned growing up. I never imagined I would be able to take her out of the box because of fear and value and my dad being The Worst, but I did it with such casual ease the other day that my younger self would have developed a heart condition and collapsed on the spot.

And I enjoy her so much more when she’s not encased in cardboard :)