

The Gift of a Scar
When I think of a scar, I usually think about a mark on my body that was caused by an injury. I have a scar on one of my knuckles; the result of a run in with a window screen. I have another scar on the back of my head, hidden by my hair, the result of me falling off the top of the bleachers at a baseball game when I was 2. Scars are usually accompanied by memories, some of them traumatic, but mostly insignificant. When I read this statement though, “Your scar is proof of yo