Embrace 2020 7/365: my perfectly imperfect feet

I'm all about the self-love but for pretty much all of my adult life, I have had a very grumpy relationship with my feet. Yes, I know I'm lucky to have two functional feet and they have done hard work, such as carrying my waddling, 42-week pregnant body and running half marathons, but still, my bunions have been a huge nuisance over the years. And the idea of surgery terrifies me.

Fuel was added to the fire last month when I ripped open the skin on one of my bunions. It was excruciating and I hobbled around for nearly 3 weeks, avoiding going outside (yes, GOING OUTSIDE) because it was incredibly painful to put on shoes. Over the holidays, Vi actually said, "Wow, we sure have heard a lot about Mom's bunions lately!" One of my first orders of business last week was to go get my ski boots adjusted.

Are bootfitter therapists a thing?! I bought my boots and skis at @bostonskiandtennis and we have rented for the kids there for 3 seasons now, I think. Their service is AWESOME and something really struck me when I worked with Dan Matisoo last week. I think I was kind of expecting a "Gah! The horror!" type response as he evaluated my feet but instead, he said something along the lines of, "Hey, it's not so bad and there are some really good things about the structure of your feet in relation to the adjustments we need to make. We'll meet your feet where they are!" MIND. BLOWN. In this picture, it's easy to see my bunions popping the socks out, and if you look closely you can see a slight bump in the bunion areas of the boots, where they stretched the boots out.

I just picked up my boots (and freshly tuned skis, yay!) and when I tried them on, I wanted to cry. No pressure on the bunions. Totally comfortable. Boots lovingly adjusted to meet my feet where they are. Thanks for helping me embrace my feet, Dan.