"Barefootin'"

Grandpa doesn't care much for wearing shoes these days. I couldnt quite understand where this insistence came from the first time it popped up. It comes and goes like may things with dementia come and go. So, Mom or I turned to Grandma. She explained that when they were children, shoes were expensive and fancy things meant to be well cared for. In those days, you didnt wear shoes unless you were going to school or church and if it wasnt one of those places, you went barefoot. There is little need for shoes when most of your hometown is sand and your backyard the ocean.