shoes and feet

As a kid, how often did you go barefooted? Were you raised to go fishing in bare feet like" Opie Taylor" on the "Andy Griffith show?" I remember going horseback riding with bare feet and shorts and no saddle. I remember the Mexican men in their pickup trucks with their frilly tassels hanging inside the cab of the truck would yell out the window at me " Capasa Chiquita" which I asked my dad. He said that meant "whats happening little girl?" I was a little annoyed, but that did not stop me from trail riding bareback with no shoes on. I got my share of stickers or sand spurs which required tweezers to pull out the fine little needles lodged in the foot. I never got glass or a rusty nail caught in my foot. My feet were free and happy. Things like school,church and just going to the store required me to wear socks and shoes. I wore flip flops until they wore out. Tennis shoes were a bother because the shoe lace always had to be tied and the tongue of the shoe always had to be pulled out. I was so glad when the shoe lace was made an option by the Velcro. I jumped on that bandwagon real quick. Unfortunately the quality of the heal wasn't good and I wore many tennis shoes out. Fortunately the shoes weren't real expensive. They were made by K-Mart and sometimes they were on sale. I had my dress pump shoe phase, but now it is strictly tennis shoes.