“Nice shirt, Cindy” a colleague said yesterday at lunch.
“Thanks! It’s my Spring Shirt since it’s yellow like the sun.” I replied.
Two years ago I first wore my Spring Shirt. It is bright yellow with white and blue wide stripes. It is thin cotton, three quarter sleeves, and just so comfortable. I waited until the perfect March sunny day to wear it.
Except it wasn’t a perfect day for the Spring Shirt. During snack time, a raspberry practically exploded as I bit into it. A penny sized stain appeared on my shirt! Oh no! Not raspberry juice! It’s going to stain!
I quickly got to my computer and sent out an email that said this:
Does anyone have a tide stick? I had a raspberry incident with my shirt!! 😦
A few minutes later 3 tide sticks appeared at my door. Math had to start 5 minutes late as I frantically got to work soaking and rubbing the stain. Phew! I saved it!
A little later I got an email back from my principal. Apparently when he saw my email he rushed out of his office on the way to my classroom to bring me a yard stick to measure the tide with. He said he was halfway there when he realized what the raspberry incident referred to. His note concluded with:
Good luck with the shirt and in case you need to know high tide is at 11:17 this morning and will be 10’8”.
Luckily when I wore my Spring Shirt yesterday, everything went smoothly. The bonus is reliving the raspberry incident and giggling about the tide stick all over again.
Mainer in Training 
Isn’t it funny how certain items of clothing can bring back strong memories? I love that you have a “spring shirt!” I’m hoping that your wearing it will nudge us into spring territory. The view outside my window is still much too white! This reminds me that I have a potential spring skirt… hmmm… maybe together we can double team Mother Nature!
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I love this. This is a great way to tell our stories. I use a strategy with my students called “scars on my body” to help them write about injuries they might have had and the stories behind them.
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