And be thankful you have boots on your feet. We heard a story this weekend about a lady who would go to school every day barefooted through the snow. There weren't enough pairs of shoes to go around and the kids would share a pair of boots, walking from house to house, where they would trade off. Lots of kids would go every other day because there was only one pair of boots for kids in a household, but this lady went everyday, because she wanted to learn! She has 2 grandchildren in school now who are learning lots!
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I had a boot story today too.. told the students about one day I was out with dirty boots and a Ukrainian lady offered a rag to me to clean them. She said dirty boots are like a dirty face!! At least the snow keeps your boots clean!!
I saw that one yesterday too and really liked it. THanks for the boots stories :)
Oh, hello there Pat! We think of you around here!
Ange has another boot story, too. Something about a zipper.
Yep, Pat, we think of you even though we don't (ever) write...
ps- I know other people who run around barefoot in the snow... for the fun of it. Weird.
wow, everyone's here!! let's have a tea party...:D
oh wow, It's Kristina too! Hi there! :)
Likely that wasn't in Ukraine where that girl went to school without boots. Where would that have been...Indiana?
@Kristina- :) sounds good!
This whole story reminds me of those signs you see on the metro escalators in Kyiv: Write down the stories of your grandfather. Record the songs of your grandmother. The old folks have some interesting tales to tell.
@Duane- ha. Yeah. Probably this kind of thing happened in a lot of places long ago. I read similar stuff in the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, for instance. Not of going barefoot in winter but tough stuff. I'm glad those days are gone.
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