She was still recovering from the loss of her husband ten years prior, brought to a renewal of the sharp pain of grief as she anticipated their son’s up-coming wedding: feeling the loss, dreading the day, thinking herself helpless to feel joy in the event, she set about shopping online for silver shoes to go with the dress she had no heart to buy.
When the shoes arrived, she knew her husband was bringing her a message!
She says, “I have never seen a shoe box with words! ‘Celebrate! Grace! Enjoy! Play!’ I know this is what my husband is saying we will do at our son’s wedding. And the shoes were on sale!”