A Warm Jacket

I am so excited!  My perfect grandson, Quinn, his mother (my daughter, Kelly), his father, Eric and his Auntie (my other daughter, Christy), are all coming for Thanksgiving.  They will all be here for 5 days!  Hooray! I’m so excited!  But I’m a bit worried also.  These kids live in the Bay Area.  Yes, it can get cold there, but it’s a different kind of cold….one that does not involve snow.

The last time my daughter visited for the holidays she flew into the Spokane airport. As we were walking out the doors toward the car, the cold air hit her. She stopped, said “Somebody PLEASE turn on the heater!“, turned and walked back inside the airport.  It took an hour to get her though those doors again.  Dad had to warm the car up, park it outside the door, and then lend her his radiant hot jacket before that could happen. 

   

So this week, I went to the Harding Center and got this jacket for the grandson.  Isn’t it adorable?  I figured I could always re-donate it after the holidays. The Harding Center were out of coats in her size when I was there, but they did receive a huge new supply from Sonia’s Cleaners just as I was leaving.  What an amazing service these two organization provide to our community!  I’m sure they have plenty of adult coats now.  However when I talked to Kelly about the fact that snow is predicted for tomorrow she didn’t sound happy but she did promise to bring coats.

I probably won’t need this coat but I’d rather be safe than sorry…After all there is nothing more miserable than a sick child during the holidays.