I slipped and fell down the steps this week

A personal story of pain, pride, and what we choose to share about ourselves

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First off, thank God those steps aren’t the ones I fell down! On this past Monday evening, I was walking down the steps of my home carrying a vacuum cleaner, and somehow slipped, lost my footing, and fell down an entire flight of steps. It was so bad that I have black and blue bruises all over m…