Worldbuilder's Anvil

Today's Topic How to create fantasy and worldbuilding when pain or disease get in the way My back started killing. I was having trouble standing.  My wife stood over me; her frustration turned into tears. She had won. Her tears are the most pervasive argument I heard. I felt ashamed. I had let my pride control me. I was a warrior, a scout for the US Army. I could work until my body broke. I did not believe that the point would ever come. I was 32; I still felt invincible. However, lying in bed watching my wife in tears that that point had come. I had broken myself. If I can achieve in pain, anyone can The next several years it all got worse. My knee when out, my pain spread from my left foot to my neck. And then I started losing my confidence and suffering from anxiety. My anchor, Kristin got sick as well. She called me and told me she had cancer. She could not work. Our non-mortgage debt grew to $220,000. We had trouble paying for our house. I had to beg for money to pay for our mortgage which was larger tha