Saving Ceecee Honeycutt 1

Momma left her red satin shoes in the middle

of the road. That's what three eyewitnesses

told the police. The first time I remember 

my mother wearing red shoes was on a snowy 

morning in December 1962, the year I was 

seven years old. I walked into the kitchen

and found her sitting at the table. No lights 

were on but in the thin haze of dawn. I

could  see red high heeled shoes peeking out

from beneath the hem of her robe.