Handmade doll: Cherish
Part of the Stitches collection.ST-FLZ-CH-0068
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Cherish

CherelynneFt Lauderdale, FL

The story

Cherish is my promise for life. I have full blown AIDS now for 6 years and every day I wake up is cherished. Every day I'm healthy and full of energy and even the bad days when I don't feel so well, "I'm alive". I have six living children and six grandchildren. I want to live to be their mommy and grandma! To live laeheim as we say in yiddish. Thank you God!

About this doll
Represents
HIV/AIDS
Heritage
Caucasian
Birth date
October 27, 1954
Diagnosis
2003

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These dolls, created by women with HIV/AIDS, show that the disease is one with multiple layers that each woman must peel away in order to live a positive life.

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