STAY HOME AND MAKE SOMETHING

I remember my Momma saying,

"In my day" and "when I was young"

I am sure I did what most children of today would do hearing

those words..... roll their eyes.

I never thought I would become "one of those"

and yet here I am comparing my childhood with those 

of my children and Grandgirls

Each year I host a party for the grand girls and their friends at the Cottage.

Some things do not change.

I read the Cajun Night Before Christmas

in my best Cajun voice, bingo, and a game to exchange gifts.

What does change every year is the craft we work on.

One year it was painting, another scrapbooking

and last year, being in our 'TSWIFT' era,

we made friendship bracelets.

This year I wanted to bring back something from my childhood.

Something that they have never seen before and with curiosity,

much like when they see a rotary phone, 

will have no clue what it is.

My heart went all the way back to the 70's when 

potholders were made at recreation to be gifted to our homes.

Yes, an old fashioned, loom potholder.

This year, 12 little girls will put away their electronic devices,

sit in the library and learn to make a potholder.

Each will go home with their own kit and share

with their families the stories us "elders" 

will tell them as we teach the skill of making potholders...

and yet again a piece of my generation will be taught to another

in hopes that one day, with their own little children,

they will 

STAY HOME AND MAKE SOMETHING.