COMING TO TERMS WITH MY SCARS

My parents are hippies LOL, we grew up with very healthy attitudes ‎ about our bodies. My mom even reminded us of the correct anatomical names for all our 'lovely lady parts'. Truth is I have never even thought much about how my vulva looks. After giving birth to my son I have to admit that the twenty-two stitches it took to put me back together were daunting, but like all my other scars they remind me of the battles I have survived! Neither of the lovers I've been with have ever commented negatively, just questions about the battle scars.

I am a breast cancer survivor who is currently awaiting reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy and chemotherapy. It took me a long time as a single woman to come to terms with my scars and even look at my chest but ‎time really did heal for me.

A. - 42 years old