Written in the Scars

by Adriana Locke

loved her. That’s never been a question. It’s making life work around the love that’s hard. Life doesn’t care about feelings. It couldn’t give a shit about who you love and want to be with. It keeps tossing crap your way, trying to break you until all you know is the chaos of it all.

“You know, it’s better to have a scar than a bruise.” “Really? Why is that?” “Bruises go away, Tyler. Scars stick around to prove you showed up for life. That you lived. That you fought. That you loved.”

“You can’t expect a relationship to succeed based on the love you felt at the beginning. It succeeds because you continue to build on it until the end.” She removes her glasses and smiles. “Your heart will be more scarred than your back by the end of your lifetime. That is, if you live the right way.”

The foundation of a marriage is love. The walls of a shared life are built with trust, loyalty, and respect. Once those are torn down, there’s nothing left standing.

Life does pack a punch. But it’s the scars that make us who we are, that tell the story of the life we lived.