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What gift from a parent do you remember the most? 
Submitted by jorge456.  

There are three, all hand-made:  the "holly hobby" doll my mother made one Christmas in the 70's, and the quilt she made for my 10th birthday, and the dresser my father made to match the bed (castle-themed...) he built when I was a toddler.

Other lovely gifts from my parents:  a rocking horse my father made, a fantastic long weekend in the U.S. Virgin Islands for my 7th birthday (though that might have been partly coincidence) just before we left Puerto Rico, a bedroom of my own for as long as I can remember...  

And always, enough to eat, a warm home in winter, a few excursions throughout the year; concerts and museums and trips to historical places; and the family dog, who some years was my anchor as a child...