Do Clothes Really Make the Man?- Clothes Day Two

You know when I chose the clothes I would wear for the next seven and I thought it would be really easy. I thought I knew myself well enough to know that clothes are not high up on my priority list. They aren't but I underestimated how much we consider other peoples' perspectives when we choose what to serape what not to wear. We are at the beach with Greg for a few days while he is at the engineering conference. I didn't think not having a washer and dryer would be a big deal. It has been. We are seafood last night and one sundress has melted butter and sweet tea Eli accidentally spilled in me. The dress I wore on the way down has coffee I spilled on myself. (Bless!  We are not gifted in physical grace so we try to make up for it in spiritual grace). That has left me with shorts until I get home. Not too bad but I chose to run in a pair last night and so I have own pair left that now has ranch dressing on them from lunch. No one knows how that got there!  In the past on trips I've always over packed for myself and for all three kids because I know how we are with condiments and because we've lived in abundance of clothes of lots of stuff. I have been convicted of that each time I chose to wear the stained item for the rest of the day. Kids asked just change your shorts mom!  It was tempting. I may not always be stylish but I have prided myself and my kids for the most part on being clean when in public. I've had the thoughts of what will people think when they see this big stain. Really I know from multiple experiences such as dancing on the pier at the beach, doing cannonballs in the pool with your kids as an adult, and getting way too excited about a putt putt game that people are too wrapped up in themselves to really notice others. I also know that because it has been up until this week that I've noticed how much of a luxury an extra pair of clothes is. I'm mindful now that when we do happen to notice others we need to be mindful of not making judgment calls based on their cleanliness or work ethic or style because that outfit they are wearing may be the only one they have.