I’m wearing my red, white and blue sweater today. I wasn’t going to, but then I thought “why not?” I bought it just after 9/11 – red sleeves, blue torso, with a white star in the middle. Someone saw me and said “Star of the day!” and I wondered it I should just agree, or if it was necessary to point out why I’m wearing this thing.
That interaction made me a little self-conscious, and looking around, I don’t see too many other people in flag-mode. Last year I was unemployed on the 1st anniversary, so I wore a denim shirt that has a flag decal sewn over the pocket, like I’m a patriotic car mechanic. I was working at Vibren on 9.11.01 and we filled the office with flags and red, white and blue bunting in the weeks that followed. I’m not going to go into my “here was my experience that morning” but you can believe I can remember every minute of that day like it was yesterday. So ya, I’m wearing red, white and blue today, and I’m happy I am.
