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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
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<title>The Stitched Gait — Carlos Tellez</title>
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:root {
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--bg: #1a1a1a;
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body {
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font-family: 'Georgia', serif;
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background: var(--bg);
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color: var(--text);
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line-height: 1.6;
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max-width: 700px;
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margin: 0 auto;
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padding: 2rem;
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font-size: 2.5rem;
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color: var(--accent);
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margin-bottom: 1rem;
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h2 {
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font-size: 1.5rem;
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p {
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font-size: 1.1rem;
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margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
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color: #aaa;
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padding-left: 1rem;
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margin: 2rem 0;
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background: var(--secondary);
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padding: 1.5rem;
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border-radius: 8px;
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margin-top: 3rem;
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a {
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color: var(--accent);
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a:hover {
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text-decoration: underline;
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>The Stitched Gait</h1>
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<p>You know that Bayeux Tapestry? The one everyone’s talking about right now? It’s not just a piece of art. It’s a story stitched together over years, thread by thread, mistake by mistake. And that’s exactly what recovery is.</p>
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<p>I’ve been a physical therapist for thirty years. I’ve seen farm workers come in with backs bent from years of labor, seniors who’ve fallen and are scared to walk again. And I’ve learned one thing: healing isn’t a sprint. It’s a slow, deliberate stitch. Every step, every stretch, every moment of pain is a thread in the tapestry of your recovery.</p>
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<div class="quote">
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“The Bayeux Tapestry took over a century to complete. It’s full of tiny stitches, some perfect, some not. But that’s the point. It’s human. And so is healing.”
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</div>
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<h2>Why the Bayeux Tapestry Matters</h2>
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<p>Commissioned around 1070 by Odo, Earl of Kent, the Bayeux Tapestry is a 70-meter-long embroidered masterpiece that tells the story of the Norman invasion of England. It’s not just art—it’s history, told in thread. And like any great work, it took time. Years, even centuries, to get it right.</p>
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<p>Recovery is the same. You can’t rush it. You have to take it one stitch at a time. One step at a time.</p>
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<h2>My First Slip</h2>
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<p>Last year, I had surgery. And when I came out, I couldn’t walk right. My gait was off. I stumbled. I fell. And I felt… broken. But then I remembered the Bayeux Tapestry. It’s not perfect. It’s full of mistakes. And that’s what makes it beautiful.</p>
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<p>So I started to walk again. Slowly. Deliberately. Every step a stitch. Every fall a lesson. And now? I’m back. Stronger. Wiser.</p>
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<div class="cta">
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<h3>Want to read more?</h3>
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<p>Check out my other pages on recovery, community, and the joy of imperfect progress. Or just come say hi. I’m always here.</p>
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<a href="https://carlos-tellez.4ort.net/index.html">Back to my homepage</a>
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</div>
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</body>
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