I’ve got a bunch of scars, most of them I don’t even notice, and don’t care if I do. I’ve got one that reminds me to be strong so I like it. I’m even considering tattooing over it because it’s fading. Then I have a few that I absolutely hate because of what they stand for, but they’re slowly fading, so I’m ok with them.

But then I’ve got this new scar. Just 2 months ago a (very large and powerful) dog attacked me. Thankfully he just bit my wrist/hand once. His teeth went to the bone and cracked it though. With a such a deep bite, infection set in quickly and I ended up having surgery. The scar isn’t really big, but I have very small and delicate wrists. Or I did, my right wrist is now larger and looks horrible with the scar dominating it. Since my wrists were my favorite part of my body, and because it’s extremely visible (think how often you reach your dominant hand out to people…), I’m having trouble liking my scar.

When it was healing, I had hopes that it would look cool (the scab was actually shaped like Kokopelli, lol), but I don’t think it does now. And the story behind it is one of a careless owner and a dog whose life was torn apart because of it, not exactly the coolest thing ever (not to mention, I sometimes see it and hear that awful snarl which gets my heart racing like crazy).

So… I guess I just hope it fades and my wrist returns closer to its original delicate state (and regains all motion and feeling, that would be nice.)

I do however like the MUCH smaller fang shaped scar on the top of my hand/wrist, where the bone cracked. =)