🧥 “She Wears a Piece of Him Every Day”
🧥 “She Wears a Piece of Him Every Day”
– Because His Wardrobe Still Smells Like Sunday Mornings
Savannah, Georgia. 2022.
Every morning,
Margaret “Maggie” Collins, 81,
opens the right side of her oak wardrobe.
It still smells like cedar and shaving cream.
And hanging neatly are 74 shirts, 23 sweaters, 18 jackets, and 2 tuxedos —
all belonging to her late husband, Walter.
🧓 A Routine of Memory
On Mondays, she wears his fishing vest.
Tuesdays, his gray cardigan.
Wednesdays, that ridiculous Hawaiian shirt he wore every anniversary.
Fridays, the flannel he painted the nursery in.
“Some widows keep ashes,” she says.
“I keep sleeves.”
🕯️ The Reason Why
Walter passed away in 2018 after 52 years of marriage.
On the day of his funeral,
Maggie couldn’t bear wearing black.
So instead, she wore his favorite blue chambray shirt.
It smelled like sun and Old Spice.
She cried into the collar all day.
And never stopped wearing his clothes since.
💬 What Others Say
Some people whisper:
“It’s time to move on.”
But Maggie smiles and replies:
“I’m not stuck in the past.
I just like being hugged by it.”
📸 What She Did With the Rest
She didn’t keep everything.
She cut 30 of his old ties into bookmarks
for her grandchildren.
Turned his jeans into patchwork blankets.
And framed the cuff of the shirt he wore the day they met.
It hangs above her bed like a quiet monument.
🪡 The Legacy Continues
Maggie now teaches sewing classes at a local community center called:
“Threads of Love”
She shows grieving spouses how to turn old clothes into memory bears, quilts, aprons, pillowcases.
She always begins by saying:
“We can’t wear their hands.
But we can wear their hugs.”
🧥 Moral of the Story?
Grief wears many colors.
And sometimes, it buttons up softly,
smells like safety,
and whispers:
‘I’m still with you.’
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