remembered

today, i went to the fabric store to find kakhi, navy blue, and black twill to make my son some shorts that fall into the school's new "standardized dress code....we had purchsed his clothes gradually over the summer, with the idea that we would not have to fight the crowds and we would be ready before school started....I even purchased clothes bigger in order to anticipate his normal summer growth spurt....
But of course, his growth spurt this summer outwitted me...he skipped a size this summer....so all of the short i bought him do not fit at all....at alll...
it is amazing to think about it...For so long he was the runt....the smallest kid..but he has caught up and seems to be right on track finally....he has gotten so much healthier lately and i think part of it has to do with him not feeling stressed out or worrie and feeling happier on top of being healthier this summer....much healthier this summer....thank you god!

But, now, a few days before school starts, and there are very few pants and shorts to be had....not to mention that he hat button up shorts or trying things on...so, i will be sewing elastic waisted shorts fo rhim so he won' thave to stress over it....and when it gets cooler...elastic wasted pants...these are still ok with first graders....of course when he gets older, he won't want me to make him shorts...but who knows...he might just so he won't have to wear a belt....

but as i was paying for the fabric, the cashier's face lit up and she started talking to me like she knew me well....she had helped me about a month ago when i went and bought a bunch of fabric...i thought that was why she remembered me...

she said, " youknow why i remmeber you don't you?"

" because i bought so much fabric?"

" well that too...but , really it is your necklace...."

i was wearing my paper bead necklace that i made last spring in my art class with my students...really it is a group of necklaces made of paper beads...and i love it....i wear it all the time...the cheapest necklace i have ever had, but my very very favorite...and i hope to make more....

i had no idea anyone even noticed me or my necklace....but she did...and it made her smile...i dhould make her one for herself....just to look at if nothing else....