Sadly, as humans, we easily become desensitized to things
that, as Christians, we shouldn’t. We
see things so often, over and over again that when we see it again, we shrug
and (maybe) look away. One of those things is women’s clothing. (Or, should I
say, lack thereof!)
Since we have apparently skipped spring and gone from winter
to summer, it seems like sweatshirts and jeans disappeared and were replaced
with skimpy shorts and tank tops overnight. The fact that women hardly dress to
go out in public during the summer months is something most of us have sadly
become used to, shrug and look away in embarrassment. But not Emry. We were sitting on our back
deck when a woman in the house next door came out to get in her car. Dressed in
shorts that might as well have been underwear and a tight t-shirt rolled up to
reveal her mid-riff, Emry watches for a minute, turns to me and asks:
“Mama, where she going? The pool?”
What do you say? I just nodded and said, “She should be.”
A few days later, we happened to have a few moments to walk
into Kohls and wander around a bit just to see what’s “in style” for the season.
I don’t really care for shopping in general, but shopping during the summer is
even worse. (Although, at least, my options for purchases are severally limited
as I vainly seek for modest!) Emry was happily sitting in one of those Kohl
carts she thinks is very cool (the seat is in front and down low so she’s in a
forest of clothing). We stopped and she very wisely observed the rack of jeans
hanging next to her:
“Mama, these pants have holes in them.”
I knew she was asking for an explanation. After all, we get
rid of clothes with holes in the them. But what do you say?
“Yes, Emry. And you pay for the holes.”
Sometimes it takes a three-year-old to remind you of how
upside down the world really is.
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