They warned me about the shoes, but I didn’t listen.  We had been advised to wear comfortable shoes for our day of advocating on the hill, but having never advocated on Capitol Hill, nor even imagined myself advocating on Capitol Hill, I could not see the harm in sporting a little heel with my business suit.  I practically had to vacuum the dust off the one business suit I own as it was, after being a stay at home mom for thirteen years, and I did not realize that I would log nearly two miles in those shoes by the end of our day. (I know it was two miles because I used my Charity Miles app on my phone that tracks mileage on walks, runs, and bike rides so sponsors donate money to the charity I choose for the distance completed.)  In any case, being a mom is exactly what brought me to the point of hobbling around crisscrossing our nation’s capitol. Read the rest of this entry →