saying farewell

[aryanhwy]

Growing up, my dad had a small set of sweaters that he rotated through on a regular basis (~5, I think). When I went off to college, I surreptitiously took two of them with (I can't remember now if I'd been wearing them before, and it was natural to take them with, or if I suddenly decided "I want to appropriate those two sweaters of dad's, or if he'd stopped wearing them and they were going to go to Goodwill if I didn't rescue them). These two sweaters are ones that he'd taken to college with him -- we have photographic evidence, so they're now reaching the 30+-year-old mark. Today, I pulled one out, and found that, in addition to the slightly frayed wrist-band on one sleeve, Widget had gotten a hold of the wrist-band of the other sleeve and chewed on it; he didn't eat a piece out (as he often does), but there's a cat-mouth-shaped semi-circle bit into it, and it's covered in crystalized cat slobber. I took this as a sign that it was time to retire this particular sweater. Lately, because it's gotten a bit ratty, I've been wearing it only around the house, and not out in public, but it still got pulled out on a regular basis and I put it into the trash with a somewhat heavy heart.

Comments

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Normally I'm totally with you about reusing things (the vast majority of worn-out clothes either become rags or go into the stash to be used to patch other clothes), but right now I don't need any more purses/bags, vests (this would only work as a man's vest, given that it's a man's sweater, and Joel doesn't wear vests), teddy bears and teapot cozies involve sewing, so they're right out :), and if I used it to recover the pillow that needs recovering, then unfortunately I'm pretty sure Widget would just continue chewing on it (since the reason the pillow needs to be recovered in the first place is because he's eaten the corners off it).

[eliskimo.livejournal.com]

I understand.

30+ years is a good life. Too bad something you are evidently sentimentally attached to can't be extended.

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

I still have the other sweater. :)