I can’t help but see red.
Red is the color of an apple and a strawberry
Red is the color of blood and fire.
Red is when you unfortunately lose money or go broke.
Red is a can of Coke and the planet Mars.
Red means you got something wrong on the paper or exam.
Red sneakers, that’s okay too. 😉
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Wow, these Gucci sneakers were over the top!
Thick, thick soles and built up sides.
A strap adorning the sneaker with colored-stones (faux gems).
Very heavy with a durable kick-a*s feel.
All for $1,590 at Bloomingdale’s.
As we joke as kids with a eastern European “old country” droll, “It’s a bargain!” 😉
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These were my new sneaks for like two hours.
I loved them in the store.
My stylish and lovely daughter helped me pick them out.
Nike bright orange–cool, fashionable.
“Just do it!”
But when I tried them on, I didn’t have socks, and had to use the ridiculous thin ones in the store.
The sneakers were snug and I asked for a larger size, which they were out of.
I took the sneakers anyway, hoping they would be okay when I got home, but disappointingly, they were way too tight.
And “the give” that the saleslady said would happen with the sneakers, absolutely didn’t.
My foot was being crushed in there.
I think Nike’s run small.
Like the look, but not the sizing.
Anyway, saw three people playing soccer in these (or something close to it) the same day.
Orange is the new black. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
We can all fly.
Not necessarily through the air.
But through life and ultimately in death, we can fight and take flight and soar.
It is our attitude and determination to overcome the hardest of hardships that we face.
We feel the pain for the situations where we fell, failed, and lost control over outcomes.
People who told us what they thought we are and where we can go…our ego busted, our shame written all over us, our regret and fear over what we did or should’ve done differently.
We can’t go back.
We can only go forward.
We can learn, and we can grow.
We can compartmentalize the problems and hurt.
We can pick up the pieces wiser than before and more determined to succeed.
Wings are not just for angels, but also for sneakers and for souls.
I want to fly all around the world, and more so into the heavens to see my Heavenly father and be reunited for eternity with my family and loved ones.
Fly free and wide.
Fly high and unobstructed by poverty, illness, abuse, and loneliness.
Fly and soar beyond anything we could ever have imagined. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
So I took these photos of two young fashionable men.
The first had a very cool “Death” cap on.
And the second had the reddest pair of sneakers, I’ve ever seen.
Both were stylish standouts!
To me, the hat confronted the scariness of death head-on (excuse the pun) or that the person is themselves, in a sense, death to anyone that starts with them or gets in their way–it is not only bold in terms of the big white letters, but in terms of the courage to face the harshest of all our realities.
Then to the shoes, going red and untied, spoke to me in terms of looseness, comfort, and ease with yourself–you are who you are and the world be darned!
Both the cap and the shoes are in your face and make a statement of cool nonchalance and the daringness to confront “whatever.” 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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