In my growing up years, I often had to wear hand me down things. I didn’t have older siblings but that didn’t mean my frugal mother didn’t have other sources.
From a deceased Great Uncle Ed, I got two pairs of high top shoes made of kangaroo leather. They were super soft and great for his arthritic feet. My young feet didn’t know to appreciate them and I didn’t want to wear “old man’s shoes.”
They were costly then but today I doubt they can even be bought. Last January an international campaign was launched proclaiming, “Kangaroos Are NOT Shoes.” Several shoe companies including Nike, Puma and...
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