These boots mean that she can be whoever she wants to be. When she’s wearing them, things could be falling apart, but her toes, at the very least, are secure inside them. They’re the kind of boots you run to your mother toting, begging for, who tells you they won’t go with any of your school outfits. And you stamp your feet and say, “When I get old enough, I’m buying these boots and wearing them every day.” And your mother looks at you and laughs, because you will forget that you said that. But she didn’t forget. She waited and plotted and yeah, maybe life isn’t perfect, but when you have on these boots, you can sure pretend.

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