I’m offering a piece of advice. Don’t wait. It may be too
late.
A bit of back story…
(UPDATE: Momma brought the subject up today (she doesn't read my blog, so I don't know why of all days) and said not all the buttons are gone... we'll see...but it's too late for this trip to help!)
(UPDATE: Momma brought the subject up today (she doesn't read my blog, so I don't know why of all days) and said not all the buttons are gone... we'll see...but it's too late for this trip to help!)
About five or six years ago, I was looking for buttons to
accent some aprons I made. I happened to be over at Momma & Daddy’s,
looking through her button box. While searching for something to use, Momma
would pick up a button after button and say something like, “Oh, this was on
Grandmother’s coat she made.” Or, “This was from a dress I made for the State Fair of Texas.”
To me, these were very special buttons. I wouldn’t use them.
However, I wanted them for something else and she said sure. I told Momma I
would love to know the history behind each and every one.
I brought her a large zip lock bag with “The Button Project”
written on the outside. Inside had bunches of small sealable baggies and
cut-to-size card stock for her to write a bit about each button.
During the next visit to Dallas , I took Momma & Daddy to one of his
doctor’s appointments. While waiting, I did something I rarely do at a doctor’s
office. I picked up one of their magazines (remember, sick people go to the
doctor’s office and why would I purposely touch something a sick person
possibly touched?) and was flipping through it. I think it was a Better Homes
and Gardens, or some such type magazine. Anyway, I saw a picture of a cool way
to display special buttons, and showed it to Momma, saying “This is how I will
display the buttons.”
I further explained that on the back of the frame would have
the history behind each button.
I tore out the page from the magazine.
Over the years, I’ve asked how the Button Project is coming
along. The last time I asked, Momma told me she couldn’t find her button box.
The other day, I learned she gave the box away. The Button
Project won’t happen now.
Moral of story:
Don’t wait. It just may be too late. Do it together!
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