Still MyFavorite

Some gifts just seem to keep on giving.  This colorful coffee mug is one of the gifts that mean the most to me. My son gave it to me for Christmas when we lived in Freeport, IL….so he was probably about 13 years old. At the time I loved the artist, Sandra Boynton - her artwork, greeting cards and gift items always made smile. So when I opened Todd's gift on Christmas this was a real hit.

Todd recently celebrated a birthday - he is 45. It's still impossible for me to wrap my brain around that fact. So this must mean my favorite coffee mug is about 32 years old! It's lasted through thousands of cups of coffee, a few hundred cups of tea and fewer mugs of hot cocoa. It's been washed by hand many, many times, and made it through I-have-no-idea how many cycles of various dishwashers over the years. It's lived with me in six different houses and one apartment since we left Freeport. The mug traveled with me while Dave and I spent two years living on our sailboat so it's seen a lot of lovely mornings while resting at anchor.

The glazing is crazed inside - the outer edge now "accepts" lipstick or chap stick marks so I guess the glaze on the outside is breaking down as well. I don't care - when this mug is clean and in the cupboard it's the first thing I reach for in the morning. And it still makes me smile.

Thank you Todd! :-)