A scar on my foot from a performance as a dancer, back when I also owned a dance studio and trained or taught every day. A few years later, a COVID infection left me feeling drained—pale skin, trembling muscles, and a nervous system in dysautonomia. Many days at home, staring at the same walls, the same ceiling. 

And now? Gray hairs appear, and I effortlessly carry heavy groceries upstairs. Clothing sizes keep growing, hands show wrinkles, and yet I still recognize myself."

My body has been intensly fatiqued, yet I have also experienced it as infinite and unbeatable. There is so much more to tell. This body carries my life.