shoe love

Love is a lot like a new pair of shoes.

I am sure that most of you can relate to this. The way a new pair of shoes feels on your feet. The way they make you feel sexy or powerful or beautiful or feminine or ten feet tall. They are flawless. I have experienced many different types of love, and I associate each with a different type of shoe.

I have experienced tender ballet slipper kind of love. The kind of love that made me feel graceful and beautiful. Like I was floating on air.

I have experienced intense Doc Marten Boot kind of love. Love that felt invincible and full of energy. Love that was scuffed around the edges and smelled like blood and sweat.

I have experienced Mary Jane love. Love that was spontaneous and fun. Love that was passionate and every moment felt like the first.

I am at a point in my life where I feel like I have packed all of my metaphorical shoes into their boxes and carefully stacked them in my closet. I will never feel swept off my feet, again. I will never feel the same raw kind of passion as I did when I was young and free. Love is no longer spontaneous or flirtatious. It is practical. It is plain.

I would equate my current situation to a pair of Crocs. Comfortable. Practical. Durable. I can put some skull and crossbone Jibbitz in them to make me feel more edgy, but let's face it...they are still just Crocs.

Comments

[Lisa]

(((hugs)))

I think that you can find those shoes again; maybe not in the same style as the past, but a different style that suits you now.

[Cheryl]

I have found that my taste in shoes changes as time goes by. {{hugs}}

[shewhowhat]

OMG I just found knock off Crocs at Nanu Nana. They are the only things that got me through Paris. I feel the shoe love for ya though.

[kristine]

my favorite shoes have giant cracks in the soles, have rocks stuck inside of them, are in desperate need of shoe glue & have a funky smell. i REFUSE to throw them away.

i can relate.

[TiffanyH]

That was an awesome blog!! I hope you find better shoes before winter ;) its too cold in Germany for crocs

[Maggie]

I'm stuck in crocs too. Sometimes as comfortable as it seems on the outside, those lil nubs inside hurt!

[Angela Poe]

George and I have discussed and have decided that our relationship is either like a pair of Chuck Taylors or a pair of Kangaroo Shoes...