childhood toys

challenge: write about your favorite childhood toy. Courtesy of Rachelle

I had a couple favorites growing up. One was a stuffed monkey named Makaka. He lived at my Baba's house and I only played with him when I was there but I would run in from our long drive to her house and get him first thing. I also remember getting a bionic woman doll for Christmas one year. My cousin, Gina, who was prettier and much more sophisticated than I, got a Barbie. Even then I liked strength in women. Little did I know how strong women needed to be to do their "jobs" well.

But the thing I wanted most of all, and sadly never got, was a horse. One summer however my friend Carol asked me to horse sit for her pony Velvet. My best friend in the whole world, Lana, had a horse. The two of us would walk over to the stable early in the morning and clean the stalls, feed the horses, saddle up and then ride all day. It was SO fun. That was my favorite summer as a kid.