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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