Inheritance.

Some people inherit china. Some inherit jewelry.
I inherited denim. Yup, genes and jeans.

My parents have always had great taste. Since both of them are artists, I was constantly absorbing a beautifully tactile world around me. My mother still laughs about how, as a kid, I could often be found with pens tucked into my overalls, hooked onto just about every part of them. Clearly, a path was being paved early.

What I didn't realize until I was older was just how impeccable their classic fashion sense was. Between the two of them, I inherited jeans, denim jackets and cutoffs that were perfection. My dad's Levi's jacket from art school in the '60s. My mom's denim from the '60s through the '90s, with classic cuts, beautiful washes and a broken-in beauty that only decades can earn. Dream pieces for any vintage connoisseur; priceless to me.

My parents passed down more than great denim. I inherited their eye and, apparently, knowing what it takes to keep a good pair going.

My mom has used the same denim repair guy since the '70s, so naturally, he became mine too. I've brought him pieces well beyond reasonable repair, and we've held more than one mini-memorial service when he's finally had to tell me, "I just can't repair these anymore." I think he indulged me because of my mom's decades-old loyalty. When you have a great pair, you keep them. They may no longer bear the shape of their origins, but they're undeniably yours. Which is even better.

As a pre-teen, I bought my first pair of baggy denim overalls and immediately covered them in patches. Most are gone now, but the first one I ever sewed on is still there. It simply reads LOVE. I had no idea then that Scripture tells us, "God is love." The full circle of this I will never get over. Those overalls are stained, threadbare and repaired, with the hems still proudly held by the safety pins of '90s yore. To me, they're gold.

Today, my baby overalls have been worn by all three of our kids, and our oldest is almost tall enough for my pre-teen pair. I inherited denim. Jesus is what I want to add to my children's inheritance. My greatest joy has been teaching them about the Lord. We worship and dance. They poke at the piano and make up songs about God. They run, create, laugh and play, all in Him.

That's the heart behind Jesus OverAlls®. We're making pieces worth holding onto, pieces that tell stories, get patched, personalized, handed down and loved a little more with every generation. They're not precious. They're canvases, meant to be lived in. The road gets messy, unexpected and beautiful, and somewhere in all of that is our testimony, meant to be shared. Here's your canvas to do just that.

He's in the living; the work, the play, the ordinary and extraordinary. The more I learn, grow and uncover, the more convinced I become that YHWH, Yeshua, Jesus the Christ, is over it all.

That's the inheritance I want to pass down. The one that will outlive everything else. And if a great pair of overalls comes with it, score!