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Bonded Feet
May 20, 2007 9:08 pm
After a walk, the Angel took off her shoes and went, “What’s that? It’s red.”
“What’s that? Looks like stain from your red shoes. Your shoes are wet, just remove your socks,” said the alternative dad.
“No. What’s that? It’s red. What’s that?” again the Angel enquired.
Upon her insistence, the alternative dad checked her socks and realised that it was BLOOD!
BLOOD! Where did the blood come from?
Toes! The blood had come from the toes!
“What happened?!” we both exclaimed!
On inspection, we realised that the Angel’s shoes had grown too small for her and had brushed against her toes when we went walking, so both her big toes were bleeding. Ouch! There was not only blood, but a lot of blood given that they were from the big toes!
How could this have happened?
The morning that it happened, I had just checked the Angel’s toes on the shoes because we seemed to have been wearing that shoes for a while. It felt fine. The week before, the alternative dad checked her wellies which he thought was suitable, too.
I felt on the verge of tears and really sorry and apologised profusely to the Angel. She, in turned, apologised profusely, too, and we had to tell her that it wasn’t her fault but ours for being negligent.
We came home, took a picture of all the shoes she had since the second Christmas (2005). Then, we brought her to Clarks to have her feet measured and realised that she could only correctly fit into just a pair (and we just bought her a pair of Clarks sandals a week ago which no longer fit)! Actually that pair was meant for Baby A because they looked like clown shoes! The Angel kept insisting that those were for her friend! Unfortunately, she had no more shoes and those are hers for now. She said that we would buy a similar pair for A the next time we go to the shop.
I still cannot believe that we have allowed this oversight to happen. A sudden growth spurt and our inattention to her feet have resulted in such a gross mistake.
Parents who are reading this, do remember to check those shoes! Learn from our mistakes!
