August 2022

They were just clunky, ugly brown shoes

I’m not sure why, but when I was a kid growing up, my father was always the one who took me to buy my school shoes each year. I normally got three pairs of shoes a year—dressy shoes for Sunday, tennis shoes for gym class and sports, and school shoes, which Daddy said had to be “sturdy and reliable.” My mother always took me to get the first two pairs, but Daddy was the one who took me to get my school shoes.

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