My friend, Sue, is starting a job as a Career Coach and sent out an email plea for gently used clothing donations. As I scoured my closet for blazers and sensible pumps, I ran into an item I haven’t thought about in a long time. My overalls. Yes, my denim overalls that I bought when I was 14.
Back then, it was all the rage to adorn our overalls with hand embroidery. Monarch butterflies were big in the imagination of a carefree teenager.
As you can see, I didn’t quite finish these flowers. Who knows at what point I put down my embroidery needle forever.
Somehow, over all these years, I could never quite send my overalls to the goodwill pile. I guess I have a sentimental attachment to them since they accompanied me through the ups and downs of high school, my marriage, the birth of my three kids, and a move overseas and back. Although they occupy a space in the deep recesses of my closet, just knowing they’re there makes me happy.
Make new friends but keep the old...one is silver and the other gold. (From a song we sang in Girl Scouts)
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