I remember the day my cousin Stephanie was born, just days before I left to go to Thailand in 1987. I held her as a newborn and then departed for a year away.
In contrast Stephanie was living overseas when you were born. It was sometime before you two met but when finally I introduced you she gave you the sweetest hat I had ever seen.
Blue and white check cotton with a lovely wide brim and a Peter Rabbit label it was a hat that you soon grew into. I added an elastic chin strap and it is still undoubtedly your favourite hat. You wear it everywhere and determinedly put that elastic strap between your teeth before carefully placing the hat on and slipping the strap under your chin.
I love that hat and I love that it was a gift from Stephanie. Every time you wear it I think of my cousin. A stylish and practical gift given to a baby that is still serving the three year old is indeed a special gift.
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