The other day I was making something in the kitchen and as usual Nicole was right beside me helping me out. I don't remember what we were making but it must have been especially messy. I pulled out my K-state apron that my mother had given me a long time ago. Nicole was asking me what it was. So, I explained what an apron was. Nicole decided that she needed an apron as well. Now if any of you reading this know my mother you know how she likes a good shopping challenge. I think it's the thrill of the hunt and the reward of finding the item that no one else could track down. So when my 3 year old told me that she also needed a K-state apron I told her that I would get grandma right on that! Ha She very seriously said "Oh, thank you mommy, thank you for getting grandma right on that!" Well, to my surprise my mother did not go out to every store in the metro area (like usual) to find an apron. She went to her closet and pulled out some material and then went over to her mother's house to borrow a sewing machine.
There is an old poem about Grandma's apron and how it was used for so many different puposes. It was a potholder, it carried eggs in from the chicken coop and vegetables from the garden, when company came it would hide a shy child, it was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears… The Poem goes on with the many uses of grandma's apron and summarizes at the end that what he recieved from Grandma's apron was love.
I'm pretty sure that each time I pull out these aprons for my children that I will remember my sweet mother and the love she put into them. I hope that when my children remember their childhood they will remember the little aprons,the fun that we had in the kitchen and feel the love surrond them.
