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Writing Prompt: Emotional-Support Sweaters

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Daily writing prompt
What are your two favorite things to wear?

Now that the cold has come in to our homes, I have sweaters to wear that I have pulled from the basement. For work, I like the sweater over a dress shirt for business casual. My school building is cold, so I have to find things that will help warm my room, and I have to find sweaters that will cater to my sense of style and comfort.

Now if I could just wear gloves while I teach….

At home, though, it’s an entirely different story. I have a rather large, gray sweater with a hood that is flattering. It’s one of my favorite formal sweaters. I also have an unflattering one-size-too-big sweater that is brown and orange. I can only imagine it was a rejected Freddie Kruger-style sweater. It is my favorite thing to wear. Last year was one of the roughest emotional journeys of my life, and that sweater was there. So, it’s going to stay with me until it’s in tatters.