Dear Shoe Fairy

Today’s post is a love letter to you, The Shoe Fairy! This is to show my appreciation for everything you do, create, and represent. On your recent Confessions of a Bikini Pro podcast episode with Celeste Rains-Turk, you mentioned that you LOVE seeing customer stories, so what better way to show my gratitude than by posting a public love letter celebrating you, my dear Shoe Fairy?

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Dear Shoe Fairy,

I’ve spent the last 3 years working through 11 orthopedic surgeries on my hips and pelvis, with one more to go. It has been an incredible journey of growth, gratitude, and everything contained within this blog. Along the way, I’ve gotten to learn how to walk all over again three times. Each new start is another chance to reclaim myself as better than ever before, filled with motivation to become my best self.

My hips and booty cheeks are scarred and sad, and awesomely mine! What better way to reclaim them than to rebuild in the gym and step on stage in a bikini?

Here is a highlight reel of some of the starts and stops:

In addition, I’ve had three foot and ankle reconstruction surgeries, leaving me unable to wear most “cute shoes.” In fact, wearing an adorable pair of heels is what caused this:

Can you imagine my concern about how on earth I would be able to do the shoe part of bodybuilding? Not only am I new to walking again, but my feet might not even be able to do the shoes.

And then I found you.

Your shoes promised to be the most comfortable, stable competition heels on the market, so if any shoe might work for me it would be yours. I got a pair of your mules so I’d be able to get in and out of them easily, minimizing the load on my poor busted toe.

Girl, you DELIVERED! I took these gorgeous shoes to a posing class and not only were they comfortable the entire time, but I came away with NO pain afterwards. NONE! I have running shoes that hurt after awhile, so this is a huge deal.

I’m just now getting to the point in this current recovery cycle of returning to hiking and baby steps of running, so I decided to take my new girls for a walk on the Tread yesterday. For real! If I can do THIS, you have performed a miracle!

These shoes are made for walking!

Shoe Fairy, you have done the impossible – marrying comfort and functionality with beauty. These are truly a glass slipper fit for an athlete.

I admire your work, your attitude, and your insatiable appetite for personal development and excellence. Keep moving forward with gratitude and know that you are appreciated for everything you do. Some might say these are just shoes, but they are much more than that to me. These represent hope and a new foundation upon which to flourish – fabulous from the ground up.

Thank you, dear Shoe Fairy, for sprinkling your fairy dust on all of us!

Carey Martin

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