I was on my way to bed a couple nights ago when I spotted something in the corner of the upstairs hallway.
I got close to it and saw that it was a gym sock.
I recognized that sock.
It was the same sock I found in the dryer and put in Jacob's laundry basket last week.
He threw it back at me and told me it wasn't his.
So I put it on Ryder's bed.
Apparently, Ryder doesn't think it's his either because he tossed it out into the hallway.
I had to shake my head. Who do they think this sock belongs to?
It's definitely not mine.
And there's a hole in it anyway, so I guess it actually belongs in the garbage.
Too funny.
Even funnier is the fact that the sock is still sitting there, in that same corner where I first saw it three days ago.
I don't know why I haven't bothered to pick it up or throw it away.
Maybe I feel bad for this sock, tossed aside because nobody wants to claim it.
Maybe in some ways I can relate to the poor sock. I've been in that position a time or two in life.
All alone in the corner, people walking past me without bothering to pick me up.
A little stained, a lot wore out, my partner nowhere to be found.
I think we can all relate to that at times in our lives.
Maybe I'm leaving it in that corner as a reminder of the journey I've been on.
A reminder that the tossed aside feeling we have sometimes is only temporary.
A reminder that the corners we end up in throughout our lives can also be safe, quiet places for us to reflect.
A reminder that someone will eventually come along to pick us up.
Hopefully not to toss us in the garbage like this sock, but you know what I mean.
Maybe I shouldn't throw this sock away.
Maybe I should sew up that hole and turn it into a sock puppet. Or find some fun craft on Pinterest to make out of it.
Give it a second chance to be a better version of itself.
Probably not. I'm not very crafty. But I'll at least think about it for a bit before I throw that sock away.
And next week, I'm sure I'll find that sock's partner in the laundry.
I'll shake my head and laugh a little when I do.
At the lessons the ordinary moments in life can teach us.
The lessons in the things we toss aside. And in the things we keep close to our hearts.
Let's keep learning from them.
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