This week my dryer stopped heating the clothes. This could cause a little bit of a setback for most of us. We all have grown accustomed to the conveniences of modern day appliances. A couple of years ago I asked my husband to put up a clothesline in the back yard. I bought the clothespins, but the clothesline never happened. I'm sure he thought we didn't need it, as we had a perfectly good working dryer. Well this week, it was a different story.
With Christmas in just a couple of days, fixing the dryer had to be put on hold. So, I took the opportunity to ask again about the clothesline. We have a dog kennel in the backyard that hasn't been used to cage dogs in a few years. That seemed to be the perfect place to put up a clothesline. So we went to Lowe's and bought the line.
Today I washed three loads. It was an absolutely gorgeous day in Southern California (mid 70's) and warm and sunny. We are extremely blessed to live in a place where winters are warm. They can get very cold also as we live in the desert. But today was warm and sunny.
Memories of former days of hanging clothes were brought to mind as I hung the clothes. My grandmom and my mom would hang clothes when I was a child. The fresh scent of sheets that had been hung outside was so nice. And hanging the clothes is a little bit of physical activity also.
It also brought back memories of when my own children were small. At one time, we lived in a two bedroom apartment (and there were seven of us). We didn't have much money and sometimes could not even afford to go to the laundrymat. So I would wash clothes by hand in my bathtub and hang them outside (between two buildings) to dry. Life was really hard back them, but the Lord brought us through.
So with that being said, I am very thankful. I'm sure we will get the dryer fixed, but today was full of sunshine, fresh air, clean clothes, and memories.
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