For my first contribution to Gina’s Friday’s Favorite’s, I want to tell you about these little red shoes.
The day I found out I was pregnant I came across these little shoes, and because I was kind of awash with new mommy hormones, found my eye’s filling with years as I paid the lady at the counter. Just as I was about to hand over the five pound’s they cost, the tear’s spilled over and I suddenly found myself squashed in the embrace of somebody else’s mother, stuttering out my good news to a small group of complete stranger’s and knowing in that moment, that I couldn’t be happier…
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Alison, I have my very own "First Shoes", from when I was a little girl. I have brought them around the world with me with every new move! The heel is worn down from when I would stamp my foot!!{though I cannot imagine such a thing{. Them always remind me of my past and I always have a warm feeling when I look at them! Thank-you for sharing Finleys shoes!Joanna
Alison, I have my very own "First Shoes", from when I was a little girl. I have brought them around the world with me with every new move! The heel is worn down from when I would stamp my foot!!{though I cannot imagine such a thing{. Them always remind me of my past and I always have a warm feeling when I look at them! Thank-you for sharing Finleys shoes! Joanna
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Alison, I have my very own "First Shoes", from when I was a little girl. I have brought them around the world with me with every new move! The heel is worn down from when I would stamp my foot!!{though I cannot imagine such a thing{. Them always remind me of my past and I always have a warm feeling when I look at them! Thank-you for sharing Finleys shoes!Joanna
Alison, I have my very own "First Shoes", from when I was a little girl. I have brought them around the world with me with every new move! The heel is worn down from when I would stamp my foot!!{though I cannot imagine such a thing{. Them always remind me of my past and I always have a warm feeling when I look at them! Thank-you for sharing Finleys shoes!
Joanna
Oh, what a real treasure! So lovely that you have them for reflection always…what memories they must evoke…
Oh, what a real treasure! So lovely that you have them for reflection always…what memories they must evoke…
Alison, They are darling. I love red shoes. And that you turned a memory of being a mom into a keepsake box for the child is a great idea.
Alison, They are darling. I love red shoes. And that you turned a memory of being a mom into a keepsake box for the child is a great idea.
They are so beautiful!I also love what you have done with them, they are way to darling to be packed away in a box!
They are so beautiful!
I also love what you have done with them, they are way to darling to be packed away in a box!