Doc brought a T-shirt home the other day that he had gotten as a giveaway at some event. After I washed it I was putting it away on a shelf with lots of other T-shirts and I realized that I have way too many T-shirts. I'm not talking about a nice T-shirt that you would put on with a pair of jeans and sandals to run to the grocery store. I'm talking about the kind of T-shirts that have big pictures and logos and lots of writing on them. As I started to go through the shelf of T-shirts with the plan of eliminating a few, I realized that at least some of them, with their big pictures and logos and writing also have lots of memories.
I found about 8 very patriotic shirts from when I volunteered for years at our town's annual 4th of July Celebration, until our town ran out of money to have an annual 4th of July Celebration.
There were a few from the time when my son-in law was playing for the Washington Nationals baseball team.
There were a couple of others from festivals our town used to have but no longer does in such a big way.
I had totally forgotten about this one. It is from a cruise Doc and I went on in, well, 1998. We got to be friends on the cruise with a group of people from Minnesota who had made up these T-shirts for their group before the cruise. After the cruise they had shirts made for Doc and I and sent them to us.
I think this shirt probably comes with some memories that I might be better off forgetting.
I did get rid of a few T-shirts, but I kept lots of others that I will probably rarely wear. You can have too many T-shirts, but you can never have too many memories.
You could make a blanket/quilt out of them
ReplyDeleteI agree about the t-shirts - so many and so many memories. My daughter had so many for races she had run. After her death, her aunt made a quilt out of them for my other daughter. It is such a treasure.
ReplyDeleteI use tee-shirts like these for workout shirts or under sweatshirts in cold winter weather, but I do agree with you; the memories of what they represent. Never thought about that until now. I like what one of the commenters said about her daughter's race tee shirts turned into a quilt, surely a labor of love for a grieving family.
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Oh girl, is this ever true!!! I'll go to clean out the many Tees collected over the years and the memories flood in. I end up gettin' rid of very few. Booger!
ReplyDeleteI'm not the kinda girl who hangs on to 'stuff'...in fact Farm Boy tells folk, "if ya lay it down 'round Nezzy...she'll get rid of it!"
What can I say...clutter sucks the life outta me. Besides me bein' a sick twisted clean freak! Heeehehehe!!! :o)
Have a fantastically blessed day sweetie!!! :o)
I don't mind wearing t-shirts with writing, but I too have more than I can ever wear. I have a big box full of shirts I saved for the memories. When I want to put more in, I have to get rid of a few. By then I usually can do it without much pain. Some day they will all be rags, I suppose. Or landfill.
ReplyDeleteArt (Kay's Musings) collects Tshirts and hangs them all in a closet at home. Kay photographed them once. My David doesn't collect them; he wears them. When they get old, he tosses them out.
ReplyDeleteI bet the Harley t-shirt has some great stories. Don't get rid of that one:)
ReplyDeleteHey just went to the thrift shop yesterday - there are a lot of people out there that could use them too. Sandie
ReplyDeleteO sooo understand. One of my all time favorite sweatshirts was fro a Womens Retreat...years ago. It was nice and heavy. Why oh why do they have to put dates on those things. Then everyone knows just how long you have kept it...lol
ReplyDeleteSorry I have been absent.
Oh yes... The dreaded "what to do with too many tee shirts" question.... They can really pile up.
ReplyDeleteMy niece did a nice thing for my mom when my step father passed away-- She made a quilt out of the shirts Dave wore the most often. It was really lovely and Mom was thrilled with it.
Hope all is well with you.
xo jj
Sounds like you should cut them up and make a t-shirt quilt!
ReplyDeleteThose are great memories! I have things I don't really need, but they bring back good memories too. It's too bad your town can't afford those celebrations any longer. A sign of the times, I guess.
ReplyDeleteGreat shirts! It is definitely hard to get rid of them. It's, like you said, the memories attached that make it so difficult. I have a drawer FILLED with old concert T-shirts and each time I start to put some in the donation bag for collection, I end up pulling it out. I rarely even wear them but just cannot bring myself to give them away. Maybe they'll one day be considered vintage and I'll be cool if I wear them. (yeah, not likely, but that's what I'll keep telling myself.)
ReplyDeleteT-shirts are one item that I have never collected - not big on wearing words across my chest. But I have many other items that I need to get rid of but the memories!
ReplyDeleteHey! You can make a t-shirt quilt AFTER you write your book!
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