Marion Merrick, November 11, 2014
I was 8 or 9 years old and it was my birthday! I gathered up my savings and birthday money, and walked the two miles to town where I bought myself a red dress, red shoes, and a red hat! Returning home, my mother and my aunt declared that, “red was scandalous and outrageous,” and that I must return them.
I trekked the 2 miles BACK to the store, (and that 2 miles seemed much longer than when I went to buy my treats!), but, alas, the store wouldn’t take them back, so I had to keep them!
Now, I wear red as much as I can!