The starring roles shoes have played in ten writers journeys
Elana Rothberg
She claims I have to, there’s no choice. She’s coercing me into doing what goes against every grain of my sentimental being.
But do it, I must. She is my mother.
My parents are moving, and she claims they’re not bringing these to their new place.
So I sit there in my walk-in closet, surrounded by shoes: pairs and pairs, a motley collection spanning 15 years. My husband sits at my side offering moral support and gentle insistence.
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