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I went and bought some basketball shoes with my father.

Finally.

I've been wearing the same basketball shoes going on four years now. I was desperately in need of some new ones with traction and style. Well I found them but after lots of laughs and searching.

Never before had I had basketball shoes. This was a new endeavor for me. I got to the store and found a shoe that I liked. The kind employee then went and looked for my size. No good. He then told me to look at guy shoes and get a size 8.5 since they had more options. Again I looked and found a shoe. I tried it on and the first thing that came to my mind was that I could stomp on a whole village. In other words, do these shoes make my feet look fat. It honestly looked like my foot had been broken and swelled and the shoe was a giant cast. The 8.5 was too small so again the kind employee went and got me a size 9. They fit but didn't feel right. So off to a new store we went. The new store being the mall.

Can I just say that I hate lots of people and inconsiderate people...this deserves a post on its own.

Into the new store we went. I found some shoes tried it on and felt much better about the size. I felt like maybe I could stomp on a house instead of a village. After looking at the different colors they came in I chose the black and white to be safe. Although the red and blue ones were hot. We bought them and were out of there quickly.

We got to my car and I noticed an older lady coming towards our car. I got nervous. I don't do well with strangers. She came up to the window. I didn't know what do to so I asked my dad. We decided to see what she needed. She asked us where we were headed and if she could catch a ride. We told her to hop in and we were on our way. She told us that she had missed the bus and wanted to get to her ward party on time because she hadn't gone in three years. The song Angel by Sarah Mclachlan came on and she said that that song makes her cry and that she used to play it for her daughter but her daughter had passed away. She then went on to say how badly she wanted to be a grandma but couldn't now. This effected both my dad and I.

I am so blessed to have the things I do and to have my family all here with me.

I wish this lady the best. What a sweet lady she was.