Little Daja and the pink pillows

   Few years ago, my grandma made pillows for my baby when she's still an infant. Little did I know that these pillows will be going to be a big part of my daughter’s life.

   The color of these pillows are baby pink. There are two of them and just big enough for an infant baby.

When little Daja turns one year old, she start calling these pillows as baby. In those times I realize that these pillows are always at her side. She plays with it and always holds both in her hands. She cuddles them to sleep and she hugs them when she is in pain. These pillows become her comfort zone.

   She never leaves them and she hates it a lot when we sneak these pillows and wash them. She hates the smell of soap on her baby and she always has a way to put back the smell on it. I caught her one time spilling her milk all over her new wash pillows. She uses it to wipe herself until the smell turns back to the way she likes it. Then she will cuddle it again like they never seen each other for a long time.

   My grandma made a lot of pillowcases for it, a white one, a pink one and a floral one, but little Daja doesn't like her pillows having a case on it. Sometimes she will agree but after an hour or two, she will remove it again. These pillows became her best friends.

I remember one time when little Daja was confined in the hospital, when the nurses and the doctor are checking her up, she was looking for her baby. She hugs them when a needle was pinned on her. It’s like everything is fine as long as these pillows are right beside her.At night, she will hold the tip of her pillow and tickle her nose with it. Other times she sucks the edge of it. The more dirty it gets, the better it is.

Now that she's turning three years old, she still had that same love for these pillows. But now, she already leave the pillows at home when she knows we are just going to the mall. She will hug and kiss it and tell it, goodbye and see you.

I'm still wondering when will the time come when she's going to let these pillows go. But for now, I am happy to know that Daja have a friend in those pillows. The time will come that she will forget everything about these pillows. But I will be here and remind her that she got best friends on those pink pillows.