My dearest keepsake is a porcelaine girl with a flower basket.

She is very old now, I got her as a present when I was only 9 years old. I went to Sweden from Finland as a refugee child and stayed there for 7 years. When it was time to go back to Finland to my own family, my classmates gave the little girl to me as a gift and keepsake.

When I was younger I didn’t care very much for her. She was sitting on top of the bookshelf in my parents’ livingroom and I left her there when I went to another town for university studies. She fell down and broke her neck. I glued her head back, but all the small chips hadn’t been saved, so now she has a lifetime injury, as you can see.

Anyhow, I took her with me to my new home in northern Sweden and she has been my dearest keepsake ever since.

(Min käraste minnessak är den lilla blomsterflickan, som jag skrivit om tidigare här på bloggen här och här.)

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Have a wonderful week <3