NANCY PEARL DOLLS KEEP STIFF UPPER LIPS DURING ELBOW SURGERIES!

NANCY PEARL REMAINS STOIC THROUGH TRICKY ELBOW SURGERY!

THE HAPPY AFTER-SHOT IS BELOW

IN THIS BEFORE SHOT YOU CAN SEE BOTH APPENDAGES PAINFULLY SEVERED AND WAITING FOR REATTACHMENT THE NANCY ON THE LEFT IS A LITTLE PALE, BUT OTHERWISE THEY MAINTAIN THEIR CHEERFUL STIFF UPPER LIPS.

Whenever I pack for an upcoming trip, I seek out my little traveling buddies, my Nancy Pearl dolls. Nancy goes wherever I go and has her picture waaaaay too often. She has been to London twice, Ireland, Mexico, East Coast, West Cost, Washington DC, all over Texas, road tripping through the South, Miami, and many more exciting places. It is necessary for me to travel with more than one, because I tend to leave them behind. One floated away in London, bobbing along in Regent's Canal. Another went AWOL after a photo op with the naked cowboy in Times Square. Others have disappeared in Dublin and in Portland, OR. So I take several dolls along. When I did inventory this morning, I made a distressing discovery. A couple of Nancys were terribly maimed. They had both lost arms at the elbow, one missing a right and the other missing the left. The one missing the shushing arm was particularly upset, but wouldn't you know, they both had characteristically stiff upper lips. Since I have packed, unpacked, and packed again and done any number of other over-the-top travel prep things (washing shoes! gluing shoes back together!), I decided I had time to perform surgery on my little buddies. I used wire and pliers, and even with these crude instruments, my little amigas remained serene and still through their procedures. I am happy to report that both operations went well and the Nancys will have a restful evening nestled in my bag. Tomorrow they will be almost good as new!