Morton's Toe

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I am blessed with a second toe longer than the big toe. My mother and I are always happy to tell anyone who doubts it that this is a sign of great beauty.  It is the very type of foot idealized in Greek statues, as a matter of fact. Turns out this "condition" has a name: Morton's Toe, and is associated with various muscular and skeletal problems, including knock knees and excessive pronation of the foot.  Who knew? I still think it's a pretty good foot, and if I have to be knock kneed and pronation prone (which I am) so be it.  As my Aunt Virginia often told me "you have to suffer to be beautiful"!