This is a soulful tale told by Little Dawn, a 1960’s Gotz girl who most certainly is a waif with neck caving, hair thinning and overall wear and tear from many years of giving love and being loved by others. Like many of us that have our “bumps and bruises”, both internal and external, Little Dawn definitely has had her share of thumps over the past 50 years or so and yet she stands sweetly before us today. 🙂

Hello everyone! My name is Dawn but Mommy calls me Little Dawn because I am a bit smaller than most, if not all, of my brothers and sisters. My previous Mommy was Dawn Law and my Mommy adopted me at the Cincinnati Sasha Festival.  I have not stopped loving my Mommy from that moment on and I love Sasha Shangri-La. ❤

I have a big family of brothers and sisters. Here are some members of my Sasha family and we were all made in Germany long ago.  You cannot see me because I am in the back row behind Annie and Penny.  I wish Mommy had a wider shelf so we could all stand together side-by-side.  I love all of my family! 🙂

Here are a few of my other sisters that I dearly love. ❤

And here are a few more of my beloved sisters. There are more sisters on the back row that you cannot see and I love them too. ❤

This past weekend, Mommy lifted me out of the back row and she said “Oh my Little Dawn, you are still wearing summer shorts from last year! I can hardly believe it has been that long since I have spent time with you.” I smiled at Mommy and told her that is was okay. I know how busy she is and there are other brothers and sisters that need her time more than I do. Mommy looked sad though and she removed my summer shorts outfit and began to brush my hair which was so very nice. Then Mommy plaited my hair for the first time ever and when she finished with my plaits, I turned to see that Mommy was now smiling. She told me that I was beautiful and that my plaits were perfect for my sweet face. I am so glad that Mommy was now happy. 🙂

She then placed the dearest little ladybug clip in my hair and I knew then that Mommy thought I was really beautiful. She put a new blue dress on me and I feel pretty. 🙂

and Mommy put matching ribbons in my hair. ❤

Mommy told me that I was the prettiest girl she had every seen and then I saw a tear forming in her eye. I asked Mommy why she had a tear. She wiped her eye and sat me in her lap and told me that she had thought that  she would put me up for adoption and I would have a new Mommy.  She had thought to send me to a new home looking my prettiest ever and so she found a new dress for me.  I then felt a tear in my eye but Mommy quickly said, “Little Dawn, I cannot part with you and send you to another Mommy. This is your home where you should surely stay.”

Mommy gently wiped my tear away and gave me the biggest hug ever.   Mommy then said let’s go take some photos of you Little Dawn and share with others how pretty you look in your new blue dress and your new hair style.

I felt so very happy and so very special.  We went outdoors and I posed for many photos and most of them you see here today on the blog. 🙂

I know that I came very close to leaving Mommy and my brothers and sisters here at Sasha Shangri-La and, though I am sure a new Mommy would love me too, I want to say that I am so happy to be able to stay here on the farm.  I think Mommy is happy that I am staying too.  She is smiling a lot now!  Mommy put me right next to her on the bedside table.  I really like the view here because I can see everyone now.  I am going to help Mommy place my brothers and sisters that are in the back rows out into the room for all to see.  I think we can do it and then everyone will feel special too! 🙂

I hope you enjoyed my “near miss” tale and the very happy ending for me and for Mommy. Thank you for visiting with all of us here at Sasha Shangri-La.  We appreciate you spending time with us. ❤

I also hope you have a beautiful day today and I am sending happy wishes to you for the rest of this lovely week coming after Easter. 🙂

A parting gift for you of a waterlogue image of me!  Love to you from a very, very happy LIttle Dawn. ❤ xxx

p.s.  Little Dawn lived happily ever after on the farm at Sasha Shangri-La ❤