Sunday, November 15, 2009

Good-bye Old Friend...

    For so many years my church bag has weighed about as much as my youngest child.  Diapers, wet wipes, crayons, books, snacks, toys, and stray socks were stuffed into every nook and cranny  and heaven help the person who actually had to dig for some stray object.  Dried cheese sticks, crumbs, melted crayon remnants, and tampons that had fallen out of the wrappers were there to assault anyone who dared delve beyond the top layer.

Finally sometime last year I realized that  the hideous red Jansport backpack I'd carried to church for years was ready to retire and without diapers, wipes, snacks, or lesson manuals to tote around I was ready for something cute, sassy, and completely crumb free....


I got to take something CUTE to church and after 13+ years of utilitarian, boy was I happy! 

Alas, as luck would have it,  my glee was short-lived.  It took one week into my latest calling as the nursery leader to realize that there was no way my nursery paraphernalia was not going to fit into cute anything. 

Good-bye old friend, it was nice knowing you.  I'm onto bigger and bulkier things now....


Certainly far from cute and already too over-stuffed....



but well worth it for my 25 new best friends! 



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5 comments:

Mom said...

No matter what calling we have, it seems like we need a big bag. Though it is kind of fun to have a bunch of little kids running up and saying hi whenever they see you. Love the nursery kids!

Love, Mom

Denise said...

wow. nursery leader. Lara...you are a better woman than I am. My bag would probably not contain a lot of fun stuff for all my new best friends...but rather a small bottle of Valium for me.

Lolli said...

How exciting! And 25 kids?? They haven't split the nursery yet? I sure hope you have a few helpers!

Good to bump into you last night!

K said...

I'm jealous that you have 25 BFFs! That's definitely worth giving up your cute purse for! (o:

annalisa said...

little kids are so cute! someday you'll be able to go back to the cute purse :)

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