Life's Little Lessons: Socks Are Laundry



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	"Socks are Laundry." This is popular saying at our house. You can hear it echo through our house as my two daughters trudge up the stairs to fold the laundry. Oh yes, my husband and I hear their moans and groans, as they go up the stairs. What do we say to all of this free expression? "Socks are laundry". Socks are laundry. My girls, in their laundry experience, have learned to hate matching and pairing socks. Sure they fold the towels, the pants, and shirts, but somehow at the bottom of the laundry baskets lie piles of little feet. No matter how I plead, threaten, and beg the socks don't get folded. Where did I go wrong as a mother? Socks aren't really noticed in the scheme of an outfit. No one says, "I love your socks, where did you get THOSE?" Face it, socks are the hardest working part of our clothing. They take the pounding, the walking, the jogging, the wear and tear. Sure shirts and pants cover our bodies but they get to come in all kinds of colors, styles, and fabrics. Everyone sees them. But socks, they are pretty routine, the step sisters of our outfits- white, blue, black. Socks are the backstage workers of the show; rarely seen, but without them the show doesn't go on. Maybe my kids avoid the socks because they just aren't glamorous enough? Maybe they don't understand what happens when you don't have socks to wear? I do know after a few days they wander around the house whining, "I have no socks." My husband and I start whining too, "Socks ARE laundry!" I've been thinking about socks. Socks are laundry has more meaning than just getting some foot wear folded. I have found it's really a comment on life. As we face, the busy ups and downs, the large conflicts and challenges of life, sometimes we over look the finer, meaningful, but less glamorous details of life. Like the socks, these small, seemingly insignificant moments fly by without a second thought. Barely given recognition, they pass in a whirl. But like the socks when they are missing you feel it. These moments are everywhere. These moments are found in sitting down with your child and talking. Just to sit there and do nothing more than share a glass of milk and some cookies. To get caught up and give your child that time just to talk, to be. To take the time to stop worrying about what's for dinner and stand outside looking at the golden sunset. To take a small walk with a friend or just yourself to renew the soul. These activities may seem small; but they do a lot of good. Life is rushed, more lonely without these little pleasures. Just like your feet without socks, your soul if left a little more exposed, a little more vulnerable without these small, yet sparkly moments. Sure you have most of your clothes, shirts, pants, and underwear. Socks seem incidental until they are gone. The same is true when you don't take care of the details of your life; your relationships, your soul. Yes, socks are laundry and they should be folded every day. We need our socks just like we need to make time life's details. It's these details that are the real gems of life. Like the socks they don't announce their importance in a loud or grand way. They are more quiet, more subdued, yet there importance goes beyond the loud and noisy clutter of every day life. Socks, like life's little moments, are important. We need to tend to them every day; Make sure they are taken care of and kept safe. Both will warm and protect us. Socks are laundry. "Wild Tulips" Raising Parents in a Complex World by Beth Bruno hosted by Joe Spataro Beth Bruno is the author of Wild Tulips, which is a collection of entertaining tales about parenting. She has always been "fascinated by people - their motives, emotions, what makes them tick." 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