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For the last few years, an apron has been part of my daily wardrobe. Most days I leave the office and head straight to the kitchen to get dinner going — lest the children hit help themselves to ice cream before I can get some veggies on their plates. If I can shave off a few minutes by wearing my business-casual instead of changing into athleisure, there’s a chance we’ll make it to both violin and soccer practices on time. (Even if we forget the actual violin, like we did this week. #fail)

So I throw on an apron to make dinner, and if my husband’s making dinner, I’ll wear one to do the dishes. And sometimes I’ll wear one while I’m eating dinner, if it’s something sloppy, like chili. Aprons are very handy.

The first aprons I remember wearing were ones my mom made in 4-H as a girl — each a version of a half-apron, with a ruffle along the edge and a pocket in the middle. Those are still in circulation, some at my house and some at my parents’ place, and my daughters pull them out whenever we bake.

I have some “designer” aprons I’ve received as gifts from friends, ones that are still clean enough to wear when we’re expecting guests. I have everyday aprons, like one I made myself the summer after I graduated from college. I was living back at home while searching for my first real job, so my mom signed me up for a sewing class at the local craft store to add some structure to the summer. That kept me busy for a few weeks, and I’m still super proud of that very 2000s pink-and-green concoction. I even made an oven mitt to match!

And then I have a set of aprons that is particularly special to me, because it figures into every Thanksgiving. When my oldest was about 2 and started showing interest in “helping” in the kitchen, my Aunt Mary made aprons for me, my mom and my toddler daughter in a Paris-themed print. We now wear them every year when we make pies, whether we are together or apart. After my second daughter was born, my aunt made her one, too, with remnants from the previous three.

These aprons are now beat up and stained, and the girls have almost grown out of them. But they’re still such an important part of our Thanksgiving ritual — pulling out all the ingredients, opening my (also beat up and stained) cookbook and putting on our little French aprons to get down to the business of making dessert.

Those apron strings tie up family, food and tradition — so many of the things I’m grateful for in November, and all year ‘round.

Ayn-Monique Klahre Editor

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