Four and a half years ago Darrin decided to take an internship with Zachary Construction that would lead him to working in Beijing China. He would be there for 6 months working on the new U.S. Embassy, which meant we would be apart for 6 months. Needless to say it was a long 6 months. We could only talk at 3:45 pm my time, which was 5:45 am his time, he was getting up for work (or just crawling in from the bars) and I would be in between classes. Somedays we wouldn't talk, other days just an email was all we could do.
I tried to think of something I could get Darrin to take with him to China so he could always think of me. I decided to get him a pillow and monogram the case saying, "good night, i love you." Since I wouldn't be able to tell him good night every night, he would have my pillow to remind him that I was thinking about him and I loved him.
Here is the pillow case now. It's barely hanging on, but I can't bring myself to take it off. It's on our bed and one of us sleeps with it every night. It looks pathetic, but I feel like it is so special that I can't take it off. Maybe I will just put a different pillow case on top of this one so it appears in good condition. Then I can keep the old one on but it won't look so ridiculous. Or I could try out my new sewing skills and just sew it back up!
3 comments:
That's such a sweet story! The pillow case was a great idea.
Just sew it. You can do it!!! I think the first "project" I ever did was a pillow case. You need to keep that special pillow for many more years!
Sweetie, I love this story. Just bring it home when you come at Christmas time and I will sew it for you. Unless, by the time Christmas gets here you may already know how to do it yourself. Mommabird
I think I would take a picture or two of it, as you've done (but one would be even closer on the words) and then put it/them in a nice frame and give it to him as a gift or put it on the wall in your bedroom. Then throw away the actual old pillow case. You just can't hang on to stuff like that forever, but you can keep the memory of it in a photo... just a thought.
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