Grandma's Apron

The principle use of grandma’s apron

Was mostly to protect her dress underneath

Since she only had a few flour sack dresses

They had to do and were scarce as hen’s teeth 

Many a time it served as a quick potholder

Grabbing those cathead biscuits and hot pans

That old apron was used for everything

Including drying off her wrinkled and useful hands

It carried many apples from the apple trees

It was wonderful for drying children’s tears

An ideal hiding place for a kid when company came

On occasion it was used for cleaning dirty ears

So much kindling was carried with that apron

 Over a woodstove, it wiped many a perspiring brow

When supper was ready she’d stand on the porch

Fanning her apron till the men laid down their plow

Awe, so many eggs it brought from the hen’s nests

And apples that fell from the trees in the fall

When unexpected company was coming up the road

In five seconds flat, there was no dust at all

It carried in many vegetables from the garden

Carried out the bean strings and pea hulls too

She used it to sit her hot pies on the window sill

The uses continued to mount, oh how they grew

There will never be an apron quite as handy

As the one left hanging behind the kitchen door

And grandma’s voice still lingers so fresh

Here’s ya a few pennies from my snuff pocket once more

© Susie Swanson, 2014

Hope ya'll don't think I've forgot you. I sure have missed visiting your posts but maybe soon I'll be back to stay. I went to a Gland Specialist today and she's checking all of my glands out. I'll not go into specifics but I'll say this, I sure do dread trying to fill each of those big gallon jugs on three separate occasions in the bathroom. LOL..

I'll try and visit ya'll soon as possible and Please don't give up on me. Many thanks to all for the emails, Prayers, comments and sweet words of encouragement. May God Bless, Susie