You ate less, ran more and the scale used to move. Now the same plan does nothing, or leaves you
You used to be strong, or you always meant to be. Now the carry-on feels heavier, the floor
One morning a hot, tingling line runs from your lower back or buttock down your leg, and
The alarm goes off, your foot meets the floor, and a sharp stab under the heel sends you limping
Do you pause at the top of the stairs, brace yourself to stand up from a chair, or wonder
Do you reach for the wall on the stairs, grip a shopping cart a little tighter than you used to,
You want your child to be able to walk to the corner, handle a wrong turn at the store, and say
You have seen the short wall Pilates videos and wondered whether you could actually do them:
You are home from surgery, or about to go in, and one question keeps looping: what am I actually
You answered fast, planned the date, filled the silence, and still felt like you were the only
The ambulance has gone, the doctors are using words you have never heard, and somewhere in the