I saw a web-site called These are a Few of My Favorite Things. It has pictures of beautiful and precious things like flowers and kids. Very nice but I wonder what they would do with pictures of Some of My Favorite things?
There are my favorite jeans torn out at the pocket and waist. Throw away my bestest' most comfortable jeans, You've got to be Kidding right? I'll keep wearing them till they fall off me.
Then there are my favorite shoes. They've been with me for a very long time. I've walked on them, threw them across the room, and tried to ignore them. I noticed that the soles are coming off. I've glued those soles back on till they won't stick anymore. But throw away my most comfortable shoes? There is just no way. I'll wear them till I walk out of them.
My favorite "Jammie's" have been washed so many times they are thin as paper and the elastic at the waist is stretched thin. Throw away my favorite "Jammie's"? Heck fire no. I'll sleep in them till I get up some morning and poof they are gone.
I have a favorite cup for my coffee. How dare anyone use my coffee cup..that would be worse than using my tooth brush Euw. As a matter of fact I've had several favorite cups because I break them and lose them.
I have a favorite spot to sit at the dinner table. That is my chair don't try to sit there. If you do I won't be able to enjoy my meal. That is a time when I would rather not have to use my manners.
Things and people grow comfortable with time and you hang on tight. There are some things and people that become Favorite Things right away. As a kid I had favorite friends. We squabbled at times but always in the end those favorites stayed. Probably because I was their favorite.
I've always had my favorite foods and that hasn't changed. As a kid we had lots of pinto beans, fried potatoes, cornbread,and a slice of a big red onion. Everything but the cornbread came from Daddies garden. That is still my favorite meal. Boy would I chow down if I had some now straight from Daddies garden.
Like my favorite shoes, Jammie's, cup, place at the dinner table,etc. things change with time and space. Things wear out, fade away, break, and leave.
Nothing remains the same not even my favorite meal. Food is just not as tasty anymore mostly because of our environment. Daddy's garden produced a type of home grown that does not exist anymore. No additives, fast growers, or chemicals. It really was "home grown" and not what is grown now.
Favorite things? I have lots of favorite things and favorite people. Some of them are gone now and new faves have come along. I imagine there will be many more too numerous to even comtemplate. Favorite things aren't always attractive to anyone else. My Favorite people are not necessarily yours.
There were five girls in my class all through school. Pat and Ruby were close friends, Betty and Billie were close friends. That left me and I had a special friendship with all of them. I felt Blessed to be the "Middle Child" so to speak.
So if I was to develop a "Favorite Things" web site I don't think very many people would be interested. Now ain't that a crying shame?
Here is my favorite Bible verse
Isaiah 41:10
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
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