Six Pairs of Thick Gray Socks Saved My White House on Elm Street

are only thinking of your comfort, Mother, especially with the cold winter weather coming on.”

“I am perfectly warm,” I said.

But as I spoke, the memory of my freezing feet from the week before flared in my mind, though the thick grey non-slip socks under my trousers were keeping my toes snug and steady right now. I kept them hidden, pulling my pant continue reading …