Wild Card

by Elsie Silver

When life gives you lemons…” It squeezes the acid right in your fucking eyes.

“And I allow myself to acknowledge that I am not every person’s cup of tea. Maybe I am more than they can handle. And that’s okay because I’m quite fond of myself and no one can take that away from me. I’m at peace with who I am, so what you think of me doesn’t matter.”

All I know is that the first thing that comes to mind is, If I live, I’m coming after you.

It has me realizing that just because the marriage I grew up around wasn’t healthy doesn’t mean that healthy marriages don’t exist.

And then, you meet that one person who makes you want to break out of your shell. Who it’s worth taking those risks for. Who…without them, you’d stay on the same miserable path. Never improving, never changing, never becoming a better version of yourself.”