IF THE SHOE FITS...

I spent more than a year trying to wear a shoe that didn't fit. I really wanted it to. I longed for a new relationship with a very special man. I got a very special man but the relationship part didn't work out like he or I hoped it would.

A shoe may look wonderful and you think your foot will fit in it beautifully but you don't know for sure until you try it on and walk around in it for a while.

I felt the pinches but thought the shoe would eventually stretch a bit and feel just fine. I think he hoped so too. I got a blister now and then but figured a little salve and a Band-Aid would fix it up. When it was uncomfortable I kept noting how "pretty" the shoe was and tried to make my feet fit.

Finally I had to admit that the discomfort would most likely continue no matter what I did or my partner did. I couldn't make my foot fit and he wouldn't ask me to because he is a wonderful man.

I still love that shoe, the idea of it at least but there comes a time when one has to take the shoe off and let go of trying to make it fit. That's what I keep telling myself.