{"id":512,"date":"2026-10-14T15:30:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/?p=512"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:30:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:30:45","slug":"moms-sweater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/moms-sweater\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom&#8217;s Sweater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mom\u2019s Sweater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have a dresser full of sweaters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that Mom knit for me. I wear them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for doctor\u2019s appointments, holiday pot lucks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that I need to look better than my everyday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">long sleeve T-shirt and vest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She never knit one for herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have the one she wore all the time,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">store bought. It has a Nordic pattern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of browns and grays on the top, cream colored<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">body, brown cuffs and plastic buttons colored<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to look like wood. It fits me but I can\u2019t button it,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">still, it is warm and comfortable. She would tuck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a Kleenex into the sleeve.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I draped it on the old rocking chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for several seasons. Now, for some reason<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wear it rather than the ones she knit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Green Silk Journal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; nominated for Pushcart Prize<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mom\u2019s Sweater I have a dresser full of sweaters that Mom knit for me. I wear them for doctor\u2019s appointments, holiday pot lucks that I need to look better than my everyday long sleeve T-shirt and vest. She never knit one for herself. I have the one she wore all the time, store bought. It&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/moms-sweater\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mom&#8217;s Sweater<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-published-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}