Graduation Shoes

So everyone knows about the shoe books....ballet shoes, movie shoes, theater shoes, skating shoes, etc... Well I have my own version of the shoe books called graduation shoes, however, these shoes are a little different from the rest of the shoe books.

Just like any other time in my life, nothing is normal, easy, or just ordinary. So this particular night was college graduation for me. Which just like any time someone graduates there is a lot of excitement and nervousness. But, graduation night was very special because some of my very best friends in the world were graduating with me, we got to walk down the aisle together, and sit by each other, and laugh about all the things going on around us.

It came time for us to walk across the stage. So my row stood up and we started making our way to the stage, in front of a crowd of about 5,000 people, and all of a sudden my heel slipped out of my black pumps. Well I try to slide it back in nonchalanltly and as soon as I begin to walk my heel slips again. It gets so bad that it looks like I am trying to walk without picking my feet up, just shuffling across the floor. At this point I am already holding up an entire line of soon to be graduates and there is a huge gap in fron of me in the line. In a sheer panic I tell people to pass me, I bend down thinking I have broken my shoe when I realize that if I get out of line I will mess up the entire line. As terrible and embarrassing as it sounds (and it was) I take both shoes off stand up straight, walk to my spot in line, put my shoes on right before I walk across the stage and graduate. The shoes did not move or slide or anything as soon as I accepted the diploma, handshake, and a few hugs, they made it back to my seat, and finally out of the coliseum and the crowd without slipping.

So as embarrassing as it was, I guess those are my graduation shoes, I wore them tripping and stumbling and as soon as I "reach" a goal the shoes fit like Cinderella's slippers.

Needless to say when I look at those shoes I get a little nauseous and it will probably be a while before I wear them, but they will always be my graduation shoes.