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My Running Shoes Are Waiting for a Cure

August 18, 2016 BeingCharis 7 Comments

My running shoes shuffle hesitantly by the door, moving in unplanned rhythm with cat hair and dust bunnies that create a grey veil over their silent, still tongues. How long have they been sitting there? They peer at me hopefully every time I open the front door, but I can see they feel more neglected each day, every time I look at them and shake my head: “No, not today. I don’t know when. I’m sorry. I miss you, too.”

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Unstoppable, award-winning advocate since 2013, Charis is a disabled writer, speaker and model living with Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA), Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. They live with three cats in a falling-apart house bought while living in poverty. Click the picture to learn more.

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