You Are My Sunshine Bracelet: Kids

Story As a little girl I grew up in Oregon, where it rained a majority of the time and skies were in fact grey, more days than not. So when my mother sang this song to me as a child, I knew she loved me just as much as I loved the feeling of warmth and happiness those rare sunny days brought us. It’s hard to describe, but the sunshine just made everyone happier. On those days when I complained to my mom about the rain, she would pick me up, set me upon her lap and wrap me inside her robe with her to warm up. She smelled like a mixture of freshly picked roses and Red Door perfume - a completely unique scent that was my mom. As I cuddled up in her lap she would rock me, softly singing to me, “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey, you’ll never know dear how much I love you, please don’t take my sunshine away.