Shoes

I firmly believe that with the right footwear, one can rule the world.

~ Bette Midler

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As she typed a letter to her daughter, the old woman shared about a party some friends had thrown her for turning 78. "It was wonderful at first," she wrote. "It got rough when I blew out my birthday cankles." 

Her daughter assumed it was a mistake. Her mother had always suffered from asthma, so blowing out birthday candles had historically been a challenge.

It was not a mistake. Her mother walked with a limp the rest of her days.