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Getting That Right Fit

Posted on October 02, 2008

Size 7 1/2.That s the size of bowling shoes I got for Charlie on Wednesday afternoon, when we go to a local bowling alley with a group of kids like Charlie and their families. I loosened the laces and pulled out the shoe s tongue so Charlie could slide his feet in and as he did I remembered how, last week, he d had to struggle to shove and, really, jam his heels into a size 7 a size that was simply too (duh, Mom!) too small for him. No wonder he d been on edge last Wednesday, told me no bowling, sat unmoving on a bench with his head adamantly down, and swiped at a plate of frie...

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