Sandy
Sarah
carolejeanne
Yesterday in New Jersey it was 90 degrees and today we are reminded that summer is coming to an end. Crisp morning, blue skies and for me, nostalgia. I have four adult children, Sandy is the youngest and yesterday was her birthday. I was reminded of the many years she had to go back to school on or near the exact date of her birthday. Getting four kids ready for the first day of school and not forgetting their lunches, new notebooks, pencils, pens, plus the cupcakes, plates, napkins and also trying to find out how many kids were in Sandy’ class took more brain power than I have now. I am really sad those days are over. I miss them.
But-these days I am involved in the Vivi store and learning so many new things about organic clothing, fair trade and how important it is to support your local merchants.
I was always the type of person who avoided the giant malls New Jersey is covered with and tried to shop in smaller, neighborhood stores. This was mostly for my own benefit. The shop owners got to know you and I loved the interaction and personalized attention. Now that I help Sandy in our own shop I am truly amazed at how many people avoid the local stores and head for the malls. Even people that we are very close to seem to forget how important their support is for us.
Sandy has a dream. That dream is to provide clothing for infants and children that is free of harmful chemicals and dyes and made in a responsible manner, i.e. not using underage children or poorly paid adults. The hardest part of making this dream come true is educating people. She has done a terrific job with her mother and now it is my responsibility to speak out. Hopefully, this blog will help me do that. I will try to provide facts and figures that may help change peoples attitudes about organic clothing. So if you, dear blog readers, will stick with me on this path I am sure we will all learn some important things.
