Each morning when I get dressed, I wonder what the day will bring. I have learned over the course of time that those days when I have a pyjama day, something crops up and I have to don days clothes in a hurry. So I try to get dressed early in the morning.
I don't worry with makeup and just brush my hair. I have dresses that have sleeves and some that don't. So I can dress according to the weather.
Not a great fan of jewellery, I just wear my wedding ring and usually I just wear some stud earrings of a matching colour as my dress. Usually I am home, so I have some pretty bibbed aprons that I match up with the colour of the day.
Most times because of foot swelling, I go around the house barefoot, but I do have some black Skechers I wear when I go out. I don't wear socks or stockings.
These clothes work well for me- tidy, plain and modest and easy to wear and wash. No ironing.
I would love to have long hair but I lost a lot of it due to illness and now I find it easier on my arms to keep it short. So I wear it in a pixi style which is like my clothes, easy to manage.
I would say my style is plain but tidy. And when you are chronically ill and in pain, it is enough.
It's a good job today's clothing is not reliant on stays and corsets and many buttons and ruffles, because I just couldn't stand long enough to get it all right and I just don't have the patience. Also, I need to breathe freely and I know I couldn't with a corset!
I am comforted that man looks at the outside, but God looks at the heart. I really aren't that great to look at, but I look feminine and that and clean, tidy and modest would meet with His approval.
© Glenys Robyn Hicks
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7
I’m grateful the Lord Jesus looks on my heart and knows my heart intimately. Yours too. I think you look stunning. It hurts my heart to read of chronic illness as my dear man lives with such as well. Managing our strengths and weaknesses is critical. Take good care and keep writing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that encouragement, Lisa. I am sorry your man suffers too.
DeleteI'm impressed you wear a dress everyday and that you use an apron! I'm usually in sweat pants and a t-shirt with a cardigan in the winter and shorts and a t-shirt in the summer. Visiting from InstaEncouragements.
ReplyDeleteHi Amy. The style of clothes I have ended up with is what works for me within the framework of chronic illness. Trousers or tracksuit pants are nearly impossible for me to put on, along with socks, pantyhose and shoes. Due to fibromyalgia breaking my thermostat, I need to dress in layers. Jewellery itches and annoys me again thanks to the fibro, and my apron is great for carrying my phone or pills or anything else I find along the way to save another trip later. It's modest and plain... just like me...
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