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Back in 2001 or 2002, Dave and I went and saw Harry Belafonte perform at the North Shore Music Theatre. At one point during his concert, he told a story about how when he was first embarking on his singing career, his mom told him to make sure he liked every song he sang. Her theory was that whatever song he didn't particularly like would be the one that would become a big hit, and he'd be stuck singing it over and over at concert's for the rest of his life. That song for him happens to be "Jamaica Farewell". And by the way, mother's are always right.

When I made my dad and Henry matching pairs of the World's Ugliest Pants, I thought it would be a great laugh, that we'd pack up Henry's pair, and that we'd only see them when there was absolutely nothing clean left in his bureau. Little did I know they'd become the most requested pair of pants in the household. Whenever I ask him what pants he'd like to wear, he always says "Henry's wear orange pants." I now have to look at them almost every single day of the week. The lesson to I had to learn the hard way is: make sure I like whatever it is I'm planning on sewing for my kid, because if I don't, it will become his favorite article of clothing.

And by the way, mother's are always right.