What we take from home....

My parents instilled in me a love of fashion and the ability to express oneself through choice of dress. I remember starting Kindergarten and loving my selection of dresses to wear to school. I had a little dress covered in rich colors of fruit with different pieces of fruit as buttons. My mother took me shopping for a change purse to carry my milk money in...it was a little blue, tooled leather pouch. On autumn days, I wore a navy blazer with a jazzy, decorative emblem and for the rain I had a red plaid umbrella. It was all of these little details that pleased and comforted me as I started my school days away from my Mother and sisters and brothers. Clothing was as fun as my chipmunks lunch box.