Isn't That What Life Is All About

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This old gal…

Loved the Christmas sweater…the ugly…Christmas sweater…long before…it was a thing…

Christmas sweaters…sweatshirts…socks…scarves…wore them with pride…because that’s…what being a teacher…was all about…

December at school…music programs…books…students filled with excitement…the free rein to wear fun…quirky things…that make kids smile…

Dedicated a week…in 2014…to wearing authentic…vintage…straight from the closet sweaters…that only see the light of day…one month…out of the year…

Sweaters with snowmen…sweaters with sparkles…sweaters bought in college…sweaters with shoulder pads…the coveted Eagle’s Eye sweater had to save up for…because it was…gasp…30 dollars…

And there she was…that daughter of mine…that teacher…daughter of mine…garbed in that sweater…from 1984…a hand me down from someone she knew…

Carrying on the tradition…carrying on the fun…carrying on…the love…because when you really think about it…isn’t that…what life…is all about…
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And that daughter of mine…agrees…