The Strength In Our Scars

by Bianca Sparacino

if the answer is no, then maybe what you had was not love; maybe it was a lesson.

And above all else— I hope whatever you love, loves you back.

At the end of the day, I just want to be able to say without hesitation that I lived my life, that I did not just take a back seat to my pain, or to my flaws, or to whatever hardships came my way.