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How to Convince Your Macho Husband to Wear a Homemade Mask
My engagement in high-level negotiations on the homefront wasn’t easy.
“Please, it’s for your own safety and that of others!” I pleaded with my husband.
“I am NOT going to wear a mask with pink hearts and kisses!” he exclaimed.
“It’s not pink. The mask is red with little white hearts,” I explained.
I tried to make him understand that is all we had available right now. The stay-at-home order in my state was still in effect but he needed to go to the hospital to get a procedure performed on his back.
Therefore, he needed a mask. The only materials I could find to make a mask were hair ties and a red bandana with little white hearts.
Girl Scouts
I thought I had needle and thread in my sewing basket so I could sew a homemade mask for everyone in the household. However, my granddaughters used them for a Girl Scout project, and I forgot to replenish my supply.
Thankfully, our granddaughter had already demonstrated the technique of mask-making that she learned at camp last summer. She informed me they learned about masks to protect the girls from pollen, an epidemic, or nuclear fallout.
