In case you didn’t know, today is One Day Without Shoes. I forgot to bring my camera to work, but I’m sitting here, happily researching the terrarium size requirements for a colony of hissing cockroaches, wiggling my bare feet as I type.
Take a moment to think about what life would be like if you didn’t have any shoes to wear. And, if you’re so inclined, buy a pair of Tom’s Shoes. For every pair you buy, they give a pair to a child who needs them. As soon as they start making narrow widths I’ll buy a pair, but for now I need all you normal-width people out there to pick up my slack!
It’s pouring, I may have to wear shoes… but it does make you stop and think.
Your comment about your disappointed grandmother may be the funniest thing I read in a long time. I was still giggling an hour later as I went to bed…
I would dearly love for it to be socially acceptable in Western society at large to go about one’s business barefoot, because so many shoes make my feet hurt, and it’s so, so much more comfortable to wander around barefoot. When I played frisbee I played barefoot after forgetting my shoes one day (sandals don’t work so well) and I ran faster, more easily and more nimbly — but I had to convince the refs every game that it was okay.
Of course, this is from someone who has access to shoes, so if it’s gross outside I have options. Toms Shoes = A+ in my books.