When Confidence Looks Like Rest: What Surgery Is Teaching Me About Slowing Down

The Injury That Wouldn’t Go AwayThis Tuesday, I’m having surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. I injured my shoulder last October during the cleanup after Hurricane Helene. It wasn’t a big, dramatic moment—just one of those times when you’re in go-mode, doing what needs to be done. I had been lifting, hauling, helping out […]