Some t-shirts CAN make a difference
When you work for a screen printing company, t-shirts become business. Thousands of t-shirts come in, they get printed, and they go out. The turnaround is quick enough that at times you forget what you are doing and why it’s important. But recently I was cleaning out my closet and I came across a t-shirt from my childhood that reminded me how one t-shirt really can make a difference.
This particular t-shirt was a gift from my father when I was little after a business trip to California. At the time, it was BIG on me and I probably only wore it as a nightgown. And even though it is pink, my least favorite color to wear, it became my favorite t-shirt. The t-shirt itself is nothing impressive. It is stained with a faded graphic on front, and it doesn’t fit well enough for me to ever wear in public again. But every time I come across it while filling my donation box, I never give it up.
I continued to wear it for years. For a while it was strictly an at-home shirt, but by high school I wore it like any other fashionable shirt. Kids at school complimented me on it and one had the audacity to ask if she could borrow it! I distinctly remember every time I wore it all of the sudden my little sister wanted to wear it too. About this time I started going the thrift store almost every weekend to see if I could
