Grandma's Apron

Grandma's Apron

by Jesse Taylor
(Ohio, USA)

Here's a memory I've not written, so please, don't credit this to me. I wish I had thought of it. Also, I wish I knew who the author was so proper credit could be given. If it makes you cry...and I hope it does...well, that's just good for the soul.
-Jesse

My Grandma's apron covered her front and back looping over her shoulders and tieing at her waist in the back.

The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few. It was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children' s tears and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.

And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

This can be a good history lesson for those that have no idea how the apron played a part in our lives.

REMEMBER:
Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron. I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron ..... but Love !!




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Apr 05, 2012
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heart warming story on grandma's apron
by: Betty

This is so heart warming!I am 65 yrs old and I have my Grandmother's apron which she handmade. I want to display it in a shadow box and put this poem with it. I first read this when I was at the VA hospital with my husband , so I came home and found it here. Thank you for sharing this.

May 18, 2010
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Bravo!
by: Monica

Oh that brought back some memories! My grandmother always had an apron on. I am also carrying on this tradition. As soon as I walk in the door from work I put on my apron. Work to be done and I always need the pockets or the protection from splatters or spills.

Thanks for making me take a moment to remember my Granny!

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