Handmade doll: Why Me?
Part of the Stitches collection.ST-MIZ-SS-0097
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Why Me?

S.S.B.Detroit, MI

The story

For someone that has had three sex partners, why me? I have had two husbands and one one-time sex partner. I was never a street person, why me? I was always a housewife, why me? But I still will try to live as long as I can with Jesus' help.

About this doll
Represents
HIV/AIDS
Heritage
African American
Birth date
Sept. 9, 1956
Diagnosis
Unknown

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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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