Really, have you ever seen anything as endearing in your life?

I

love Shabbos shoes.

A little girl could be dressed in a beautiful linen summer dress, she could have soft curls flowing over her shoulders with a neat lace bow tied in her hair. She could even be wearing a pretty necklace and bracelet. But it’s only when her little feet are snapped into the daintiest pair of Mary Janes that your heart simply melts.

Really, have you ever seen anything as endearing in your life?

Okay, I don’t only love Shabbos shoes. I love Perfect. Perfect schedules, perfect closets, perfectly precious dainty-Shabbos-shoes-clad kids. (Also perfectly well-behaved ones, obviously.)

I’m pretty sure I spend double the amount of time, energy, thought, and almost definitely money on little girls’ Shabbos shoes than I do on their entire wardrobes. (Okay, minus hosiery. I advise everyone to buy stock in frum-brand hosiery — it’s the next S&P 500.)

Finally holding that tiny, perfect shoe in my hand, staring at the classy wing-tip pattern, I can’t help but sigh.

Mah rabu maasecha Hashem, seriously.