My Memory

By Nora

I remember when my aunt Loubna taught me how to tie my shoes. It was a pretty long time ago, around when I was about three or four. I caught on to it pretty fast though. But now I have more creative and faster ways of tying them.

I remember it was during the day and my aunt was going to take me and my big brother Adam somewhere because my parents were working. Before that day my parents pretty much always tied my shoes for me or bought me shoes without laces. But I guess Loubna finally wanted me to learn to do it myself.

I was in the hallway by my soon-to-be room asking my aunt to tie my shoes for me, but she said, "You do it."

And of course I said, "I can't." But she said, "Try." So I tried and of course my not came out looking…cruddy. So then she tied them by crossing the laces and tucking one under the other then pulling tight. Then she made two "bunny ears" and then crossed those and tucked one of them under the other and pulled them tight. But then she untied them, and tied them again. And she did that over and over, also explaining to me how to do it. Eventually she told me to try, and when I did, I actually did it right.

When I did I was all happy and excited and of course Loubna acted like that too. I don't tie my shoes the same way she taught me anymore but I'm happy she actually taught me.