Beautiful Scars


Caroline's avatarBeautiful Life with Cancer

By far, one of the coolest things she has ever done, my eight year old just had the experience of swimming with dolphins. She is a fish herself and she is at home in the water wih animals. The trainer started with a few facts about the beautiful animals and then she said something that stuck with me, “Do you see these scars covering her neck? Well, I don’t feel sorry for her. This means she played with other dolphins, she was well socialized. It is the dolphin with no scars that I am sorry for.”

I have been to a few funerals in my life. They vary so greatly. Do you see the man laying in the casket? He is my grandfather. Do you see the wrinkles in his face? I do not feel sorry for him. It is a time of peace. He lived a long life. The…

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