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At Grand Camp, I heard the story of Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, authored by Eric Litwin with illustrations by James Dean.  It’s a great story for “children” of all ages.

Pete the Cat, a lanky, skinny-tailed, indigo-hued kitty with big, almond-shaped, yellow eyes, is sauntering down the street in his brand-new lace-up sneakers and singing: "I love my white shoes, I love my white shoes, I love my white shoes."

Oh, no! Pete steps in a large pile--actually, an entire hill--of strawberries. "What color did it turn his shoes?" RED, of course.

On the next page, against an all-red background, there is a full-page view of Pete's foot, clad in its now-red shoe. "Did Pete cry? Goodness, no!"

In fact, there's Pete thinking "everything is cool!" He just changes the lyrics of his song a bit and sings, "I love my red shoes , I love my red shoes, I love my red shoes" as he continues on his laid-back, mellow stroll.

Pete steps next in a pile of blueberries, turning his shoes blue, and then into a large puddle of mud, which makes his shoes brown. Each time he just changes the lyrics of his song a bit and keeps on singing.

When he steps into a bucket of water,  it washes all the colors away, so he ambles along, his sneakers squeaking, singing, "I love my wet shoes, I love my wet shoes, I love my wet shoes."

The moral of his story? "No matter what you step in, keep walking along and singing your song . . . because it's all good."

Wouldn’t it be great if, no matter what we got into, we kept on walking and singing our song?

Wouldn’t it be great if we could see all the things that happen to us as “good?”

In the beginning, God created and saw that it was good. It was all good. 

Walking and Singing with You Because It’s All Good,

Candice