#SOL – Pockets

“Why are you wearing your jacket?” a student asks me as I walk up to a group playing on the climber. It’s a good question—after all, it’s about 80° on this radiant spring day—with a simple answer: “My dress doesn’t have any pockets.” My jacket has pockets, though, and these are stuffed with my phone so I know when it’s time to come in, a walkie-talkie in case the office needs to get ahold of me when I’m outside, and an electronic whistle so my class knows when it’s time to come in. Clearly, I need packets!

It’s a problem that I don’t really understand. Just put pockets on our clothing! We need pockets, and not fake pockets or the ones that are too small to even hold a credit card. I’ve returned many a pair of pants to the rack after trying them on because they don’t have pockets. I mean, even leggings can be made with substantial-sized pockets these days!

I have one friend who agrees with me 100% about this. If I show up at work with a new dress, right after she comments, “Cute dress,” she quickly adds, “Does it have pockets?”

I love it when I can answer her with a smile, “Yes, yes it does!”