Towering

How do you like these shoes? They are my current favorite. They are my Easter shoes. When I put them on I review the list of reasons in my head why it is completely ridiculous for me to wear them.

1. I am a teacher. I spend a few hours daily on my feet. These are not practical

shoes.

2. Apparently high heels are bad for your back......w/e.

3. I am clumsy. One stumble in these and my triathlon season is finished!!

But there is another list in my head. The list of reasons why I have taken to wearing these shoes and others like them just recently. Fashion sure......That's part of the reason, but really the list boils down to one thing.

1. This

I have taken to wearing these shoes in an attempt to stop the towering. My fourteen year old son has long ago passed me up in height. He laughingly comes to my aid when I am trying to reach the hand mixer or the cheese grater. And it isn't just the height.....Although I love seeing him become a young man. It is scary. The future is coming so fast for him. It seems like just yesterday I had to hoist him up to reach the water fountain. Having to look up to my son reminds me that pretty soon I am going to have to let him go......go to movies without me, and football games, and, out of state church retreats and college. Ouch..let's just don't talk about it.

So.....I wear the shoes. It doesn't really stop the towering. Especially when he is wearing HIS favorite shoes.

Size 12 1/2. Oi vey.
(P.S. He does have the requisite number of wrinkles in his jeans before they hit the boot, but just for me he lifted the hem of his jeans. He is sweet that way.)