Answer:
Her mother's shoes represents Chow's grief and memories of her mother.
Explanation:
"In My Mom's Shoes", Chow reflects over the experiences of losing her mother and walking in her mom's old pair of shoes.
She explains how the shoes looked like on her mom's feet and also the happy times she spent with her mother.
An excerpt below:
'It's easy to remember her wearing these shoes — and not for yachting. They were as much a part of her look as her wry grin and the way she'd try to wink but instead only be able to blink both eyes. They were on her feet at the barn when she would take me to ride.'
The shoes gives Chow so much remembrance of her mom. She is overjoyed when her roommate sends the other shoe to her. Whenever she wears the shoes, she feels her mom's feet in them.
An excerpt below:
'They're still impeccably soft, though. I can feel her imprint in them; my big toe aligns with hers, and the backs of my heels are cupped by the dents her own must have formed'
