By Frances Bryce, March 28, 2019 — I read that early memories – maybe the earliest – that affect our later life have a connection. I recalled an occasion that I never forgot. It was imprinted on my brain even today [including] choices I make about selecting clothes, and what I wear today.
The memory I am using today affects that part of my earliest memory.
My best friend and I attended church on most Sundays, but Easter Sunday was a special day when we had new outfits. That Easter Sunday, I did not get a new outfit, and that was not a happy day for me. My friend arrived at my home which was nearer to the church, and we usually went together. She had on her new outfit of a yellow sweater, brown plaid skirt, saddle oxford yellow socks. I wore my old clothes, that I don’t remember what they were, but I do remember that they were not new.
Today, I am aware that my selection is done with care, and what I buy has to have the proper selection, so that I either have in my wardrobe something that completes the purchase or that I complete the purchase at the point when I buy what I need so that I don’t have a skirt, without a blouse or sweater. I follow that rule when I shop. The other thing I find myself doing is often selecting what I am going to wear, and maybe change my mind but sometimes finally with the first thing I try on.
I do not follow fads, but I am keenly aware of what I think fits best when choosing to add to my wardrobe. I can connect this to one of the earliest memories that connect to clothes and the choices I make. Finally, what I am wearing today is the third selection before leaving my house. I do not do this as a daily routine, but often enough to see the connection.
