Many women, it seems, have a love affair with shoes.  Not me.  In fact, I don't know if shoes even rate as my friends.  It has been years since I have looked longingly at a pair of shoes.  Rather than looking at them for their beauty and style, I now see them for the pain they will afflict on my feet.  Even now, when my body is feeling better than it has in a long time, my feet feel the pain that comes from combining rheumatoid arthritis with a pair of shoes. 

Although not necessarily...