Day 9: Socks Without Partners

DAY 9: SOCKS WITHOUT PARTNERS

When I was growing up, we had the "sock pan."  It was a simple concept: all the socks went in the plastic hamper.  In the morning, the kids would come downstairs, dump the socks on the floor,  find a pair, then scoop all the others back up in the pan.  My dad used to joke with my mom about the "sock pan" lesson that was part of the Home Economics class at Cradock High School. 

In the end, the sock pan system worked in the chaos that is a household with 8 kids.  Truth, be told, I've carried on the tradition in my household.  Every once in a while, I get ambitious and pair up the socks swhile I'm watching TV.  I did that the other night as part of my 40 Boxes for 40 Days, and found 48 socks with no partners!

Where do all those lost socks go?

Sucked down the drain?
Alien abduction?
Do they go dancing?

And why do their lonely partners hang around so long, waiting for their lost ones to return?

I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, neither the world above nor the world below -- there is nothing in all creation that will be ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.
                                                                                              - Romans 8: 38-39