Hard to throw away shoes

I’m not the kind of person to get attached to my things.

I think this has something to do with having been through a house fire as a teenager and losing everything I owned. If I need to throw something out, that’s that. Into the trash it goes and I move on with my life. However, I found it hard to toss a pair of shoes I’ve had for the past several years.

I can’t even remember when I originally bought them. They’re a pair of tennis shoes, colored two shades of gray and they’ve had to go for a while. The soles have worn to a smooth surface and portions at the soles are peeling from the shoe. It...