Adidas

I owned a pair of white leather Adidas Gazelles the ones with the blue stripes. They lasted forever but eventually, like most things, they wore out and I had to discard them. It was in the seventies, and I wore them with blue jeans and a t-shirt.  Peter Gelin took it upon himself to lace my shoes for me. He painstakingly threaded them in a particular pattern and adjusted them so that they would fit me perfectly.

Now years later when I lace my Adidas, I think of him. It is the little things we do for one another that remains with us.

The rendering of my current well-worn pair of Adidas is mine; along with the memories.