Red Plaid Shirt

This story starts with a young lady reminiscing over certain clothing items she had over the years, and the feelings that were connected with these items. She starts with a red plaid shirt that was given to her by her mother. It reminded her of when she was younger and when her mother use to garden. She liked the way it looked on her, and she met Daniel while she was wearing it. After her relationship with Daniel ended, she started to wear a blue cotton sweatshirt, which became her comfort shirt. It was too big for her, and she wore it three days before christmas the day she has an abortion. When she started her relationship with Dwight, she started to wear a pale grey turtleneck. He use to ignore her and not come to visit much, but on Sundays, the women use to wear her turtleneck while cooking a big dinner, in hope that Dwight would come. The women had boughten the white embroidered blouse for the christmas party with Peter. While at this party, her blouse got stained, but she meet Fernando who immediately fell in love with her. Her next item was the yellow evening gown that she had boughten for the new year's eve date with Fernando. She was looking forward to that night, a night with Fernando out at a party, but that night turned out to be a night that she found out that Fernando was a married man. After Fernando, she meets Ivan. Ivan road a Harley Davidson and was the reason why you bought the black leather jacket. She liked Ivan, but when he had to move back to be with his mother, she understood and moved on. Then came Daniel again and the brown cashmere sweater. This time it was bad. It ended with a trip to the hospital and a trip to jail for him. From here the women went to a shelter. She felt safe here. When her mother passed away, she decided to take the green satin quilted jacket that her mother use to wear. She remembered it well from her childhood and always wanting to use it to play dress up. When the women went back home, she decided to wear the green jacket, she felt that she brought her mother around with her wherever she went.