Step by step, we have been together since the beginning. We have always been there for one other.

It’s hard now, to see you struggle.

Once so strong, it hurts to see your weakness, your lack of control.

Don’t give up. Keep moving, one foot forward at a time.

Know that I am with you each step of the way and together we will make strides.

When you are feeling fragile, I will help carry the load.

I am here for you.

But you have to put in the work.

Acknowledge the pain, but don’t let it stop you. Stretch further than you think possible.

Because anything is possible. You are proof of that.

I watch you get stronger everyday. I feel your determination.

Dear left leg, you can do this.

I know. You thought this was a letter to a friend. Well, she kind of is.

As I recover from a nasty bout of Shingles, which included nerve damage from my left hip down to my big toe, physical therapy is helping to remind my brain how said leg behaved in the past. Neuroplasticity is an amazing thing. And a little encouragement to an injured body part never hurts. Because your brain is listening.

“A link between body and mind is embedded in the structure of our brains, and expressed in our physiology, movements, behavior and thinking.” Site