Embrace Those Quirks That Make You You

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Young me…

Learned how to make simple ribbon belts…in fourth grade 4H…sent the gifts off to those daughters of mine…not long after…had a request to make another…for one of their friends…sewing me…used the one she made for herself…as a guide for length…whipped up two more belts…and mailed them off…

Belts…all but forgotten…until weeks later…packing for Texas…this old gal realized…her ever-so-mod retro ribbon belt…the one that actually fits around the blobby waist…is not…where it’s supposed to be…in fact…it’s nowhere to be found…didn’t do the entire drawer and cupboard search again…but did look in clothing drawers…accessory areas…the sewing baskets…checked pants and shorts in the closet…

And so it is…the irony….the earlier two week search of every crack and crevice…teetering-on-cocky me…confident she now knows…where absolutely everything is…suddenly can’t find the belt…she keeps…in her sock drawer…

But what would life be…if it didn’t poke a little fun at you now and then…give a nudge to the ribs…tease you a bit…guess you just have to laugh with it…acknowledge those idiosyncrasies that make you…you…

And in this case…get that ever-so-mod retro ribbon out of the drawer…and put those age old 4H sewing skills…to good use…one again…
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And this husband of mine agrees…