Episode 9 - The Friday Shirt (What We Miss When We Don’t Ask)

Thursday Think Bites · Feb 5, 2026 · 1m

Episode 9 - The Friday Shirt (What We Miss When We Don’t Ask)

Last weekend, it snowed. I stood in my backyard wearing my Friday shirt with Misty and Knox at Dexter's grave. And I realized: This shirt will probably die with me. Not because of it's value, but because of what it represents.

For the past 6 years, I wore this "ridiculous" shirt every Friday at work and home. Colleagues laughed. My husband chuckled. Most people probably thought, “She really likes that shirt.” They were wrong. It wasn’t a fashion choice. It was a consistency choice. A grounding ritual.

A quiet reminder of why I show…