My Eight Year Old Son Was Teased for His Duct Taped Sneakers Then the Principal Called Me One Morning

Jacob’s name on the heel in careful stitching. The taped ones sat beside them, holding their shape, still exactly what they had always been.

I turned off the light and stood in the doorway for a moment before I went.

“Mom?” Andrew said, from the dark.

“Yeah.”

“I think Dad would be okay with me wearing the new ones.”

“I think so too,” I said.

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