Are you a barefoot person? I definitely am!
I suppose this comes from my growing up years. Rarely did I wear shoes during the Summer. You could always find me barefoot with probably the filthiest feet around.
I was reading Sandra's (Madsapper) post yesterday and she was talking about the moccasin slippers that she and Bob wear. This made me think of my years of running around being barefoot all the time.
Her post also reminded me of Sam's great grandmother...who was 100 year's old at the time.
I went with my MIL to visit her one day, and when we drove up, She was outside.... ...BAREFOOT..... finding and picking up Pecans. She couldn't bend over and pick up the pecans, so.... she found her own unique way of filling her apron pockets with pecans....by using her feet and a pecan picker upper
I know she felt not only the blades of grass pressing against her tender feet, but every rough shell, some with nuts and some with broken sharp husk.
The feet of this beautiful 100 year old Centenarian lady had already carried the weight of a lifetime, and here she was, still walking outside, barefoot, picking up pecans.
Can you imagine all the steps that these 100 year old feet had made? They most likely walked through many working fields. They may have danced through the woods in her childhood days, stood firm in times of hardship, and paced the floors a countless number of times in prayer for her family.
These are the things that the elderly enjoy, and I don't think it is just for the pecans themselves. For her, I know it was about the feel of the earth....and re-capturing moments of the past.
As for me and my barefoot days.....
I have grown up a little... Now days, I am barefoot in the house, but I mostly wear FLIP FLOPS outside.
Thanks Sandra for taking me back to a couple of memories from the past.
Hope you all enjoy each step you take today. Wishing you an abundance of love and good health.
Hugs,
Shug....
This was just so beautiful, Shug. I loved every bit of, your words about great grandmother picking pecans, all the steps her 100 year old feet made in her lifetime, and your appreciation for the elderly. Oh, and I am a barefoot gal too.......and I love Moccasins. They have wee ones for small children now, they are adorable. ; )
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Yes, I am a barefoot person! I also grew up that way. Reading this post today brought back such sweet memories of my paternal grandmother. She lived to be just four months shy of 100 and she worked in her huge flower garden up until she was in her early 90s. She wore shoes outside, but inside she was in her bare feet too.
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