Had to share the History of APRONS with you as its words speak volumes of truth. One lingering memory of the apron was my Grandma Livingston daily drying her eyes with her apron after a season of prayer while sitting in her rocking chair, Bible in lap. Life was simple back then - hearts were filled with love for God, family, friends, and neighbors alike - and there wasn't any thought of choosing sides against another - just hearts filled with love.
“The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, 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.
At the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs that needed to go to the warming oven (or incubator).
When company came, aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids. And when the weather was cold, Grandma wrapped it around her arms. Those big old aprons also wiped many a perspiring brow that was bent over the hot wood stove. Wood chips and kindling wood were carried into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried away the hulls. In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
As unexpected company was driving up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. Then there was dinner - when it was ready, Grandma would walk out onto the porch, holler as she 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 the old-time apron that served so many purposes.
Oh, and can't forget that Grandma used her apron to set her hot baked apple pies on the windowsill to cool (now her granddaughters set their pies on the windowsill to thaw). Wouldn’t we go crazy trying to figure out how many germs were on an apron? However, I don't know anyone whoever caught anything bad from it; I can only think of something good, and that was love.”
Today, let’s put on a spiritual apron,
tie it with our heart's strings,
and then Give to Others Love.
Okay?
