My Overalls

 

Christmas 1982

   A young woman at a storytelling event recently said she liked my black overalls. I said thank you, and then my mouth just kept talking and I spilled out my life with overalls.

     The black overalls are for storytelling nights – they can look formal for my serious telling, or they can make me look youthful for the stories from my younger years.

     The blue denim overalls I wear on casual Fridays at the lab – or any other time that I can rationalize a reason.

     Overalls have been my thing ever since my college days. I think they accommodate my stomach well. Things around my waist, like pants and skirts, are too constricting – I wear them, but they are uncomfortable.

     One summer during college when I was home, I saw Mom driving home from work and I ran out into the street and jumped up and down in front of her car. After she pulled into the driveway, Mom said I looked ridiculous goofing around in the street like that – in my overalls I looked just like a scarecrow!

     Over the years I have gained and lost weight several times – but I aspire to someday look again like that scarecrow!

2014 My New Black Overalls

     And the overalls inspire me, while comforting me too.

     On weekends – well on weekends I wear the blue overalls, or the black overalls, or my capris overalls, or, when I've lost enough weight, my short overalls

      – And I wear them without a shirt underneath.

      Those are the bestest days of all – as long as no one rings the doorbell!

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