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Time is a construct, so when am I writing or posting this anyways? The email will hit inboxes on my Sunday which will be America’s Saturday though I’m scheduling it to post on my traumaversary in New Zealand time… which is still Friday in America. My head is done in with those circles of reasoning, and to be honest, it’s not been in a great space thinking about this post.

Monday I had a meeting with the spinal specialists for the first time all together here in New Zealand, and I loved the team. They were super kind and incredibly knowledgeable. And they told me I needed elective surgery to lengthen my calves because the damage to my tendons was irreparable. They recommended a course of botox in my ankles as a diagnostic funded treatment to hope that the lack of results will aid in the case to get the surgery funded later in the year.

It’s a lot to take in. I still don’t know how I feel about it. So I’m just going to put this one in the Lord’s hands knowing there is a whole lot I don’t understand about what has led my body to this point and that I need a miraculous intervention still.

Photos of the tattoo to come next week, but for now, I’ll be living my best life in the crazy tight calf condition I never expected while still hoping for more and inking an image of hope in the power of prayer onto my arm.

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