Dad's big toe

Dad’s right big toe was nothing more than a stub with a toe nail. Few people knew about it. It didn’t show up in a limp or difficulty in walking, but if you looked carefully at his right boot, there was a slight dip at the toe. We kids knew about it, and it was a rare occasion when he took his boot and sock off at our begging to show his toe. Otherwise we examined it when he was barefoot going swi…