A Kodak Moment!

We regularly see people's lives being impacted to some degree in the store, but this last weekend, it was one of those "I wish I had a camera right now!" type of moment...

A woman came barely walking into the store and just made it into a chair. She said that her sister made her come into the store to try a pair on so she is doing what her sister wants. She explained that she has really bad arthritic knees and her sister thought Z-CoiL footwear might help. A minute later, her sister walked in, who is one of our customers that owns several pair of Z-CoiL shoes. The first woman, Susie, didn't really seemed to be too much into trying these shoes on. She was just waiting for her third sister to get back with aspirin so she could ease the pain somewhat in her knees.

I went through my normal explanation about the makeup of the Z-CoiL shoe and the benefits and Susie picked out a style. We got them on her feet and she began walking around, focusing of course on the fit of the shoe. The one she tried was not the best style for her foot, so she tried on a few others. Each time, she was walking more and more, and her pace was getting faster and faster as she walked around the store. Her posture changed dramatically and no longer was she bent over so much. Her gait went from a flat-footed stomp to an actual heel/toe walk because she was able to move her knees better and the rocker sole was giving her benefit. You would not have believed it was the same woman that walked in the store just 40 minutes previously! Well, both of the sisters took note and mentioned to Susie about how straight she was standing and how well she was walking. It finally hit Susie, and she rushed over to her her sister and started hugging her, saying "I can Walk again! I can walk! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Then they both started crying with tears of joy...

Those are the kind of days that make this job so wonderful! Neither she nor I will forget that day...

Till later,

Caesar...