It's Tuesday and I am sharing with my SOL Community. about a bit of my life.
I am lucky to swim a lot during the summer. Early in the summer, I don't know exactly when, I noticed a pair of sneakers on the edge of the parking lot. They were worn, but certainly not worn out by any means! I wondered if a young child had one of those, "I can't walk any more," moments and was scooped up by a parent who did not notice the dropped shoes in the ruckus!
It's been at least a month, maybe more, and the shoes are still there. I wonder if the child is wandering barefoot this summer or if the parents just headed to DSW (a shoe warehouse) for replacements because kids feet grow like weeks? I wonder if the parents are still searching their car, carry bags and closets? I wonder if they have anything left to give after the summer heat and rain? I wonder if they will soon be in the landfill.
5 comments:
I wonder what kind of story that sneaker would tell if it wrote things down. I love all of the wondering in this. Seeing one thing out of place can really stir the imagination with all kinds of stories. Arjeha
I think this would make a fun story idea for a class - either a story from the sneakers’ perspectives or a story about finding them there. I appreciated your wonder today.
Each of your wonderings could be a story! I love how this abandoned pair of shoes captured your curiosity.
This was great, Anita...wondering and speculating. My husband and I do this all the time we come across something out of the ordinary. :)
Anita, so many wonderings about that pair of shoes. I had some of my own while I read it, and I appreciated seeing all the bolded "wondering" in your piece.
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