“It’s strange,” she said, lifting her chin slightly so I could see the delicate capillaries across her cheeks and the sides of her nose. “I haven’t changed anything. But everything feels different.”
It didn’t begin as something subtle. It began with an injury.
I had moved some heavy furniture by myself - one of those moments where you think, “I’ll just get this done.” I felt the pull through my lower back almost immediately. I knew I had done something significant to my back. What I didn’t expect was how differently my body would respond - and how long that response would linger.
