Written in the Scars

by Adriana Locke

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.

“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.”

“Maybe it is. Maybe I just accept that we aren’t who we once were and we need to let it go.”

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 isn’t easy. Love isn’t for the faint of heart. You have to just put your fears aside and go for it.