Socks

This morning while getting dressed for work I ran into a delay when I got to my Sock Drawer. It should have been a grab and go exercise, one pair of dark socks to match my dark pants, grab the socks, grab some coffee, pat the dog, kiss my children and fly out the door appropriately clothed and caffeinated.

My delay was not caused by a “Sock Shortage”, my sock drawer is full of socks. I was not facing a “Quality” issue, thanks to my wife and mother-in-Law, I have pretty great socks. I was delayed by a matching issues. Socks are bought, sold and worn as “pairs”. They are meant to travel together. A single sock is not half as valuable as a pair of socks. Socks need partners to do their good work. Staring into my Sock Drawer this morning I was forced to recognize that Somewhere and somehow 13 beautiful dark socks had lost their partners.

How socks get separated and lost is one of Life’s great mysteries. I have never banished a sock from my drawer. I have never intentionally broken up a pair of socks. I work pretty hard  to keep them together and still the pairs get separated and pulled apart through the course of daily living.

How is your Sock Drawer this morning?
It is not just our socks that our designed to travel together. How is your partnership with your spouse?
Have you lost contact or connection through the course of your daily lives and routines?How and where are you pairing with your kids?
Have you cooked a meal together lately?
Thrown a Frisbee, fed the ducks, played a prank, read something good to each other, planted some flowers or watch a sunrise or set?

Here is the truth about both socks and people
It takes no effort to get separated,
It takes lots of little and big efforts to stay a Pair.