Hello Fellow Bloggers!
So this last Pod we have been working on, I read a story called "Ever day Use." I was not really expecting it to be about a mother and her two daughters. Honestly I am not sure what I expected it to be about, but for sure not that. I really was confused when I first started reading it when the Mother was referring to the TV show and she wished she had that with her daughter, but the more I read it and I seen the way the daughter acted towards her mother and her sister it all started falling together and making sense.
I was very angry with the way the older daughter, Dee, treated her mother and sister. It was almost as if she acted too good for them and that honestly made me angry. I myself have a mother and a younger sister in which I am very close with. I have never in my life thought I was too good for my family or was ashamed of the life we lived. And for Dee to come back to her mother's home and demand she get certain things really frustrated me because if she was too good for them, then why did she want their stuff?
The part towards the end about the quilt, I was very proud of that mother for putting her foot down and not letting Dee have them. The mother had promised the younger daughter, Maggie, that she could have those quilts. Dee was angry because she knew that Maggie would just use the quilts and they would be of no use in 5 years or so, but Dee just wanted to hang them up for decoration. The mother told Dee that she could not have them because Maggie would actually use them like they were supposed to be. This part made me giggle a little bit because I myself have a quilt that my grandma made and my mom gets mad because I sleep with it every night ever since I was the age of like 10. It is all falling apart and needs to be fixed but it does not bother me because my grandma made it and I will continue to use it until I no longer can.
That is how I related to this story was because quilts are meant for "every day use", not to just lie around and not be used!
Chelsey Meyer
Sounds like an interesting story. I will have to check it out and use for a learning experience or personal reflection when dealing with other people. I know that I look at heirlooms like that and try to protect by not using in order to keep it for longevity, but till nice to be wrapped in things to feel like they are still with you.
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