Walk a Mile in My Brace

by Donna Hoover Bechtler

"My Russian ballroom dance instructor pulled me toward him... My pink satin strappy stilettos made my unreliable legs look long, lean, and feminine. But I moved as though my left foot were embedded in the slick hardwood floor. Around me teachers and students gracefully swirled in Viennese waltzes or jived World War II style. I headed for a chair and my comfortable purple suede shoes." Download Walk a Mile in My Brace

This is the story of an orphan patient.  She has "lived with this [poorly defined neurological condition for seven years.  The doctors at Mayo and elsewhere do not have a name for it."  Her story exemplifies the old saying, "Fall seven times, get up eight."  To read more:  Download Walk a Mile in My Brace   

Author Bio: Ms. Bechtler lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband, Michael Gross, a poet with a day job, and with their cat. She has an undergraduate degree in English from Queens University where she graduated summa cum laude and subsequently earned her MFA.  Email DHB