one<\/span><\/span> cowboy boot.<\/p>\nI back the car up; he shuts, locks, and joins me in the car. Knowing he was probably planning to serve as altar boy, and noticing his feet sported Converse sneakers, I assumed he planned to change into his black boots at church.<\/p>\n
I said, \u201cSon, you only brought one boot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know,\u201d he said, \u201cI only need one.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at him and, with the skill of a father, raised one eyebrow.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad! I\u2019m not going to wear it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
I raised the other brow.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to have a drawing contest \u2026 it costs one dollar to enter and the person who draws the best boot wins all the money.\u201d<\/p>\n
I said, \u201cSon \u2026 ain\u2019t nobody gonna give you a dollar to draw a boot.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cOkay, fifty cents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAin\u2019t nobody gonna give you fifty cents!\u201d<\/p>\n
He smiled and said, \u201cOkay \u2026 okay!\u201d<\/p>\n
We\u2019d gotten about a half mile down the road and he said: \u201cOne penny?\u201d<\/p>\n
\ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPenny Loafers<\/span> I\u2019ve heard of, but <\/span>Penny Boots<\/span>?
(As far as I could tell, the boot spent the night in the car, no portraits, no pennies.)<\/span><\/p>\nOh, by the way \u2026 save your pennies: the Rodeo<\/a> is comin\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So we\u2019re getting in the car, my son and I, to go to the church for the Friday night Akathist Hymn. My girls, mom to boot, were headed to Huntsville for DOWAMA Winter Camp (Texas Style). Before he goes to close and lock the gate, my son throws into the car his DSI and one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1691,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a>S<\/span><\/span>o we\u2019re getting in the car, my son and I, to go to the church for the Friday night Akathist Hymn. My girls, mom to boot, were headed to Huntsville for DOWAMA Winter Camp<\/span> (Texas Style<\/a>).<\/p>\n