I recall my parents speaking one night, and as a natural born eaves-dropper, I listened especially closely when my name was mentioned. The word advanced was mentioned in reference to me, and I was curious as to what they thought I was advanced in. I certainly wasn’t intelligence as my father would often refer to me having the smarts of a nailed down plank. I knew it wasn’t in connection with my failed attempts to join the school sporting teams either, and as for dancing, it was known I had two left feet.
I was relieved to discover it wasn’t in relation to some insidious disease that might bring about a premature death.
No, the answer lay in the size of my feet. For a boy of my age the size of my feet was an issue for my mother especially as each year I went up two sizes and how big were they going to be by the time I stopped growing.
It was at moments like these I remembered the words of my grandad: “You’ve a firm grip on the earth with feet like that.”
Written for: https://fivedotoh.com/2018/11/11/fowc-with-fandango-advanced/
Morpethroad 
lol very cute. I feel that way about my son. His feet and hands are huge for his age and he has the weirdest, longest thumbs I have ever seen.
And from which branch of the family is responsible for this?
And you know what they say about men who have big feet, right?
Yep big brain 😁
That, too!
they’re clowns
Ha! Indeed!
I really enjoyed this…never heard the nailed down plank ref before. Loved the ending grandfather quote too. Well done!
Thanks so much..