I'VE JUST WATCHED AN EPISODE OF THE OLD TV SERIES "TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL" - A BOY IN ONE OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS OF NAZI GERMANY LOOSES ALL HIS FAMILY, THE LAST HE SEES IS HIS FATHER, TAKEN AWAY....TO THE GAS CHAMBER.
HIS FATHER WAS A SHOEMAKER, HIS SON LOST THE PAIR OF BOOTS HIS FATHER HAD MADE FOR HIM .
THE STORY COMES TO THE PRESENT DAY AND....WELL THE STORY GOES FROMN THERE, TO RENEW HIS FAITH IN GOD AND TO HELP A LITTLE GIRL WHO LOOSES HER FATHER IN THE DEATH OF SICKNESS.
THE ANGELS AT THE END, WHEN HE'S BEEN HELPED TO HEAL AND HELPS THE LITTLE GIRL..... THEY BRING BACK THE BOOTS HE LOST TO HIM.
I WELL REMEMBER THE TIMES AS A KID GROWING UP HOW I LOVED THE TIMES MY PARENTS TOOK ME FOR NEW SHOES. I THINK ALL CHILDREN LOVE THOSE TIMES. NOT MANY OF US IN THIS MODERN AGE WANT TO HAVE NO SHOES.
GETTING SHOES IS ONE OF THE JOYS OF LIFE; OFTEN WE TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED, WE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE SITUATION OF NOT HAVING SHOES OR WHEN OUR SHOES ARE SO WORN OUT.....THAT.....WELL, NEW ONES WOULD SURE BE NICE TO HAVE.
THE SHOES [ACTUALLY BOOTS] IN THIS EPISODE REMINDED ME OF THE BLESSING I HAD AS A YOUNG MAN IN MY EARLY 20s TO LEARN THE TRADE OF BEING AN "ORTHOPEDIC SHOEMAKER" [ WAS 4 YEARS AS APPRENTICE] - LEARNED AND DID EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z ON MAKING SPECIAL HAND-MADE SHOES/BOOTS FOR PEOPLE/CHILDREN WHO NEEDED SPECIAL CUSTOM SHOES, AS THEY DID NOT HAVE "NORMAL" FEET.
I LOOK BACK, I THINK ABOUT THOSE YEARS..... I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THOSE SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO NEEDED SPECIAL SHOES. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, WELL NO, I DID SEE THE JOY ON THEIR FACES OF GETTING A NEW PAIR OF SHOES THAT FIT EXACTLY THEIR FEET.
ON MY FACEBOOK [YOU CAN GET THERE FROM FROM MY WEBSITE - keithhunt.com] I HAVE PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE SHOES I MADE. THERE ARE VERY FEW OF US A TO Z SHOEMAKERS AROUND. I'M NO LONGER MAKING SHOES BUT I SURE AM GRATEFUL I WAS ABLE TO LEARN THAT TRADE AND HELP SO MANY.
I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED IN MANY WAYS IN MY LIFETIME, AND BEING AN ORTHOPEDIC SHOEMAKER WAS ONE OF THOSE BLESSINGS.
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