While toy manufacturers are pulling their hair out due to the massive toy recalls and ban on certain China made toys, some local assemblers blur the line of ethics by labeling a toy made in USA, while omitting part of its components are actually made in China. This leads me to reminisce about my all time favorite toy.
I found a raggedy doll discarded on the street, when I was perhaps six years old. This doll was missing an arm, and her hair had been butchered, resulting in an uneven hair cut. I thoroughly washed her, and clothed her. I loved this doll, probably as much as the make believe friends, I used to hang around with.
Today, things seem so much different in comparison. Toy and personal electronic gadgets surpass the $200 mark, and that seems not even enough. One plate or modest portions is not enough either, therefore all- you-can-eat buffets thrive and proliferate. It breaks my heart to see little kids obese. Many a time, I’ve bitten my tongue when I see mothers pour coke into baby bottles, to feed this to their robust tots.
I found a raggedy doll discarded on the street, when I was perhaps six years old. This doll was missing an arm, and her hair had been butchered, resulting in an uneven hair cut. I thoroughly washed her, and clothed her. I loved this doll, probably as much as the make believe friends, I used to hang around with.
Today, things seem so much different in comparison. Toy and personal electronic gadgets surpass the $200 mark, and that seems not even enough. One plate or modest portions is not enough either, therefore all- you-can-eat buffets thrive and proliferate. It breaks my heart to see little kids obese. Many a time, I’ve bitten my tongue when I see mothers pour coke into baby bottles, to feed this to their robust tots.
Perhaps parents will fight if necessary to obtain the latest crazy fad, as if to assuage guilt of both parents working long hours, in order to be able to consume even more. While unattended, perhaps some of their kids are adopted by other families, such as organized gangs.
Isn’t cool when one needs so little, that even a wretched malfunctioning toy is received with total joy? She found me! Perhaps I cared for her, because she was crippled, and unwanted.
Isn’t cool when one needs so little, that even a wretched malfunctioning toy is received with total joy? She found me! Perhaps I cared for her, because she was crippled, and unwanted.
The tale of my crippled doll is really a metaphor for the discarded people in our life, due to resentments. This seems so silly, particularly at this time of year. We bloat ourselves with the whole consumerism binge, while negating peace and goodwill to our brothers and sisters.
There used to be a time, I labored to create elaborate meals which my cousins still ask the recipe for (not telling). Things change, and I just didn’t want to anymore.
So I will put my money and effort where my mouth is, in order to unite my siblings who are distanced due to petty differences. I have not bought a single gift, a single decoration – nothing at all. I will have to do with limited time on my hands to pull this off in order to create a feast, to a certain level of satisfaction on my part.
There used to be a time, I labored to create elaborate meals which my cousins still ask the recipe for (not telling). Things change, and I just didn’t want to anymore.
So I will put my money and effort where my mouth is, in order to unite my siblings who are distanced due to petty differences. I have not bought a single gift, a single decoration – nothing at all. I will have to do with limited time on my hands to pull this off in order to create a feast, to a certain level of satisfaction on my part.
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I still think all this hype on consumerism sucks, particularly in time of war. When certain families are separated, or a family member is perhaps returned in a casket, there is no call for a modicum of austerity in observance of such a crisis on a united front.
I still think all this hype on consumerism sucks, particularly in time of war. When certain families are separated, or a family member is perhaps returned in a casket, there is no call for a modicum of austerity in observance of such a crisis on a united front.
