The Hina Matsuri, or Doll Festival, is primarily a custom for families with girls. Growing up in a family with all boys, we never had the opportunity to decorate with hina dolls at home on March 3,...
One by one, members of local Girl Scout organizations took traditional Japanese “Hinamatsuri” dolls off a table at the Camp Zama Library here Feb. 26, 2020, and placed them on a seven-tiered display covered with red cloth.
Lilly was our easy child. As a baby, she sat contentedly on my hip while I did home therapy with her developmentally delayed older brother, or while I argued with her stronger-willed big sister. In school, Lilly made friends easily at every duty station.
