48. I refer to my knees as my “good knee” And my “bad knee.”
49. Use blankets on the couch even when it’s warm.
50. My brother has been an old man since he was little.
He liked to carry a walking stick at school (he did not need it, just wanted it) and at least once a week in the third and fourth grade he’d bring a thermos of hot tea and drink it with homemade biscotti at lunch.
…My brother might be Bobby Hill, now that I think about it.
About the author
“You are the only person who gets to decide if you are happy or not—do not put your happiness into the hands of other people. Do not make it contingent on their acceptance of you or their feelings for you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if someone dislikes you or if someone doesn’t want to be with you. All that matters is that you are happy with the person you are becoming. All that matters is that you like yourself, that you are proud of what you are putting out into the world. You are in charge of your joy, of your worth. You get to be your own validation. Please don’t ever forget that.” — Bianca Sparacino
Excerpted from The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino.
