"If life gives you lemons make lemonade".
"Waste Not, Want Not".
When I was growing up we were taught to "make do" with what we had. We managed and we were creative and took pride in doing our best with what we had. My mother was a widow with five children to raise and she could sew. Talk about "putting the pedal to the metal" she put that sewing machine pedal down, down, down and away it went, sewing very fast. She knew what she was doing and the hum from her bedroom was a very routine and soothing sound as we knew she was sewing. She was a good cook and made things from scratch. It was a way of life and it was taught with another old saying "waste not, want not". It was a very beautiful life and we felt very loved and safe. I was not made fun of for my homemade clothes but I do remember one winter coat mother made me that had a gray rolled up hood to form a collar on the deep green coat. The folded gray hood made people take a second glance because they thought it looked like a gray cat. We laughed, they mostly at themselves for thinking that. My mother managed and "made do" with what we had and she taught it as a way of life. "If life gives you lemons make lemonade." She cut out prayers from publications and make a booklet out of them. She sewed a clear plastic holder to put the booklet in. The plastic holder had a white plastic snap on it.
On the front of booklet she wrote, "Susan's Little Prayer Book".
How sweet that memory is...as sweet as any handmade lemonade could be... and just as refreshing only in another way of renewal and gratitude for such thoughtfulness.
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