The story of little mimi.

Do you remember about little mimi's story that I had wanted to tell?

Little mimi was the name given by meimei to her little doll which was rather special. That doll was specially chosen for her from my HK trip a couple of years back to keep my promise that I would bring something special home for her. It came with a little wardrobe and some cute little outfit for playing. It has some other little stuffs which were of very good quality. I loved it myself and seeing the joy when she saw that was priceless.

So, it had been one of her favorite among her sea of toys, something like Woody. I forbid her to take any toys out when we go gaigai because.. well, I do not want to make that a habit. But that time when we were planning to go for the whole body health medical check up, I prepped and warned them about it the night before and that they ought not to complain or make any noise. I suggested they could bring some books to read or something to play with. Surely they only think about ipad, but meimei thought of taking her little mimi out.

Well, since I felt sorry that it would be taking a long day for her, perhaps it could be alright. I had reminded her to take care of her belongings and make sure that all comes home in their rightful home.

It was all well and dandy. Until after we left, and we decided to drop by at some furniture shops along the way home. After a few stopovers, she softly asked me in the car if I kept her little mimi away. I said no and immediately, I guessed she must have left it in the medical center. She confidently said no, she had taken it home from there. So, it could only be at one of those shops we were hopping by.

I told her to check carefully and she timidly said it wasn't anywhere in the car. I said she had lost it for good then. To which she replied, it's ok since she still has her Barbie dolls and other soft toys at home. And that made me fumed!

It's not about losing but her nonchalant attitude on her beloved possessions?? Shouldn't it be more compassionate? I was mad and I scolded her for being heartless, that I has wasted money on her for things she doesn't appreciate and so on..

I don't remember now what her reaction to that, but what I DO know is that later on, she tried to persuade us to turn back and look for it at those shops. She was pretty sure it must have been one or the other there.

As it was out of the way then, hubs didn't want to detour just for a little doll. Then she BAWLED like her favorite pet died! My gawd! I was so heartbroken then! You know, those kind of miserable inconsolable sadness cries? I felt so so sorry for her then. And I felt sorry for little mimi too, as I imagined the doll, if she has a mind, that she was stranded, left by her owner and would picked up by a cruel kid (like Toy Story 1).

I tried comforting her. She asked me if I could get another one of those little mimi again for her, and I thought, well, that would be too easy for her then, huh? Lose it and get another one? Shouldn't she be learning to take better care of her possessions now then? It's a life lesson that people she loves would die and be separated from her one day too. Or is that too much life's lesson for an 8yo girl?

It took a long long time for her to stop her tears from flowing and eventually, she moved on and got over it. But she still remembers her dear little mimi.

In loving memory of little mimi, the one in the center sitting on Barbie 2's lap.