A Sense of Doubt blog post #3195 - My blanket - REPAIRED - Good Things in Life

A Sense of Doubt blog post #3195 - My blanket - REPAIRED - Good Things in Life


I wish I had a before picture to go with the after picture.

In the first of the pictures below, you can sort of see the frayed border of the blanket before I had it repaired, but not really well.

This is my blanket.

It is an old blanket. I am not sure how long I have been sleeping under it. Not since childhood. But a long time. At least 20 years or more.

I am a temperature control sleeper.

I am often under just a sheet, and then will switch to the blanket if I get cold in the middle of the night.

Or I start under the blanket and switch to just a sheet if I get hot, this is the pattern lately, especially with these two dogs kicking out body heat all night.

So, I have this old blanket.

It's the perfect softness.

The perfect aged quality.

It's pure comfort.

It's one of my favorite things in life.

Years ago, the border started to fray and come loose. I pinned it for a long time, which did not work for long.

Eventually, the border tore off completely.

Recently, the few pieces of border that remained were hanging by literal threads.

They were soon to go.

Then I had the bright idea to take it to the seamstress, but only if she could a same day turn around.

As it happened, I did without it for a day on a warm night when I figured the sheet would be enough. It was.

I kind of imagined that she would repair it, re-sew the torn border, patch the rest.

Instead she put on a new border all around as you can see in the picture at the top.

Very wise.

It's now like a brand-new blanket, but one with the worn softness of years of sleeping and comfort.

Fixing my blanket reminds me to remember the things in life that bring us joy and comfort and holding on to them.

Identify the things in your life that bring you joy and keep those things close.

Of course, blankets are not people.

People are another category of joy (and sometimes sorrow).

But things do convey joy, and knowing what things provide such joy is not materialistic if the joys are simple and inexpensive and/or loaded with history, as is my blanket.

I have been encouraged to throw out this blanket, get a new one.

I have resisted those suggestions.

I like this blanket.

And as you can see, so does Ellory.

Thanks for tuning in.

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