
Good evening Houston and beyond, The Mad Houstonian, here.
Last December I wrote an essay about finding one's "Footing", as part of my month-long Everwalk Nation Inspirational Word of the Day Series...
As I head down the stretch in my recovery from my February injury to my left leg, my physical therapy has allowed me to return to walking on both feet, with no walker, and to put on, and take off, my shoe and sock on the left foot.
Next week I see my doctor again, and am set to return to work in just over 2 weeks.
Yesterday was a big day...I took the huge step of buying a new pair of shoes....not just the latest of my usual, but something new and different.
As I wrote in December...
When I think of "Footing" several things come to mind: Shoes, health, and creativity.
I walk everywhere. I have done so all my life.
Right from the start, from my earliest days of standing on my own two feet and moving about to explore the world around me, shoes have been important to me.
I still have the little pair of shoes I must have been wearing when, as a toddler, a year, or 2 old, my parents took me with them on a visit to historic Chinatown, in Los Angeles...and I soon wandered off to explore the place on my own.
How, exactly, they lost me was never explained, neither was how long I went missing before they found me.
All I know about this event is that I was found sitting on the lap of some grizzled old Chinaman, all smiles and giggles.
As I grew older my feet grew, too.
Eventually I grew into size 12 shoes. Tennis shoes of the right size and comfort level were hard to find, and I moved on to sneakers of various types, good for walking.
Again, size and comfort level varied as models and brands came and went.
9 years ago I discovered New Balance shoes, and when I moved to Houston, in 2012, I discovered that I could get them in Wide 4E.
I've worn a couple of different models and found them comfortable.
The condition of my feet, and legs, have always been important to me, especially since the Summer of 2011 when I broke my right ankle investigating a black cat in a drainage ditch, and then when I stubbed my toes on both feet, a couple years ago, causing some numbness apparently associated with Plantar Faciitis.
Then my latest leg injury happened giving me one more problem down below.
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