the foot...hmmm...very useful. yet perhaps one of the most unattractive parts of the body. it is a rare thing to have very pretty feet. linda wins in our circle. (at least in my opinion, with kate's coming in a close second. although if tasha's toes were not curled up it would most likely be tied with kate.) we try all we can to make them prettier. buff, polish, sand, and in my case a good rub with a very sharp grater. perhaps they are what they are because we abuse them so? they certainly carry a heavy load, in my case, and generally speaking, with the laws of gravity, i believe that to be true to all. we run them ragged, we stub them, we cram them into shoes and walk upon our toes, or walk barefoot and develop leatherlike callouses. i leave mine to such neglect that large crevasses form. we break our toes or twist our ankles yet still demand that the foot buck up and carry us on. in the movie out of africa, the character denys finch-hatton, played by robert redford, contemplates the foot and says something like...there are poems and tributes made about nearly every part of the body except the foot. why is that? well....i don't have an answer. but from now on i am going to be more respectful of the foot.
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Yup. Grateful for feet. When I get to complaining about my sore feet I think of our friends who do not have feet...or legs for that matter. I repeat the mantra to myslef: "What Joan would not give to have sore feet."
You were the champion of foot abuse though, I have to say. Through the years you must have left a full gallon of blood on Carole Drive when we were kids, stubbing your toes walking up the hill. Or maybe it was Green Road. I don't remember.
And, lest we all forget, we are REALLY grateful you stil have a foot, considering I saw firsthand the backward dangling position of your left (or was it right) foot while you laid on your back on a sheet of driveway ice a few years back. Yup. Sorry your foot probably hurts lots, too. Glad you still have it to hurt.
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