One downside of getting older is that your shoes no longer fit.
When I graduated high school, I was a 9 1/2. That has slowly increased as I aged. Your bones don't keep growing, but your ligaments and tendons stretch, making your feet larger.
The last shoes I bought were 11s. Those no longer fit. Around the home here, I walk around in socks because of my toe operation, and I flat out refuse to wear those orthopedic flippers I posted a pic of recently.
So now, I need to buy size 11 1/2 wide. The wide is to accommodate a bunion and hammertoes.
It's a good thing we old folks are wise beyond our years and are savvy enough to do things like buy proper footwear.
In my next episode, I will post about how our stomachs, as muscular as they are, also have tendons and ligaments that lose elasticity and that is why I now have to order extra large tee shirts.
