As my seven year old son was putting on his new shoes this morning, he stated that they really looked like soccer shoes, “they’re just missing the pokie things on the bottom”. Then he asked, “What type of shoes are these?” I said they were running shoes and he replied, “Yeah! If I was in a race, I would totally win!”. He then gave me an example of his new-shoe-power. While walking briskly, he showed how he used to run in his old shoes and as he sped up and ran through our living room, he demonstrated the speed he could now attain in these new shoes.

I look at my shoes a little differently now. :)