2017 I retired my shoes. I just couldn't bear to throw them in the garbage. There is so much history in a pair of shoes. I held on to them most of the spring and summer, then finally decided to put them in the shop in my old cowboy boot collection. I couldn't bring myself to tossing them. I don't know when I bought the gray Asics shoes, but it had to be around 2012 or earlier. When I buy a pair of shoes or boots, I buy them to last. I wear them a ton, but I take care of them. My gray Asics shoes made the trip to Disney world in Feburary 2013. They roamed Disneyworld, Epcot, Animal Kingdom. Later that summer, these shoes were my training jogging shoes to run down the gravel road preparing for a 5K. I added sparkling purple laces because that was the favorite color of Kathlynn, who we were running in memory of. I ran with these shoes through Dayton in the Cowboy for Kathlynn 5k. I never took the purple laces out as a reminder. December 2013, these shoes went to Jamaica. I wore them at the orphanage. I wore them as I painted a cart for the kids that was presented to them as a Christmas gift. I dropped paint on the toe of the shoe and it still shows. I painted the cart in a hot closed pre-school room with bat droppings everywhere. I wore them during a soccer game with the kids from the orphanage and walked nearly a mile to and from the field. These shoes have been so many places. If only the could talk...
My boots have a lot of miles on them too. I wore these boots for years. I had them before Luke was born, so I figure they are over 10 years old. I finally had to retire them, not because they are too worn, but because they are outdated. They started out as my "good" boots that I wore to town and church. I wore them everyday I had jeans on. They were comfy and I loved them. They have a ton of miles both on the ground and in the saddle.
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