Scars Character or battle scars?

[Blaze]

Scars give character... Ever notice that when you are around friends that your scar becomes the theme to battle stories? For example, I have a scar on my forehead, and my friend says how did you get that? I say, I was surfing and hit the reef and the board knocked me out. My friend says well I was surfing a huge wave and I got wiped out and broke my ankle. Others say; Well it gives you character!

I have a the scar on my forehead from surfing and two weeks later I was a passenger in a car and I hit it open again on the windshield.

I have a entrance and exit scar right below my chest of a bullet hole because I couldn't jump fast enough out of the way of an angry drunk shot gun.

I have a scar on the right side of my head from a branch that pierced my motorcycle helmet and lodged into my skull.

I have a long scar on my left knee from a shot putt from high school.

I have a scar on my right knee from a knee scope that the pulled out broken bones from.

And this is just some of the "Character" That I have on my body. Anyone want to share there battle scars?

[Leigh]

I have My own set of battle scars, and I agree that they give you character but also for Me they tell a story of how we as human beings have gone through alot in life and are still here to tell people about our lives!

My battle scars include:

~ My left knee from when I fell running in kindergarten and split it open right down to the bone

~ My left arm, very faded mind you, from the first and only time I ever self-harmed

~ My stomach, from the middle to the right side just under My chest, from My recent gallbladder surgery plus a small one around My belly button from the first time they took it out


Thank you for starting this thread Blaze, I think its a great idea

[Gemme]

I have a scar on my forehead from chicken pox.

Tiny scars on my face from not being able to leave acne alone (sensing a theme here about not being able to keep my hands off of my face yet?).

A scar on my upper lip from my cousin throwing an opened old Folgers coffee can at me. The serated edge tore my lip up.

There's a scar on my arm from a series of shots I received as a child.

I have, literally, hundreds to tiny scars on my hands from the jobs I've done as well as being a general clutz. Oh, and there's the time I took a pair of scissors to my hands and gave myself about 50 paper cuts.

There is a faint, have to squint and know it's there to make it out, scar on my arm from a fight with a girl named Keisha. She had braces and bit me.

I have a scar from my kidney surgery when I was 5 that is on my lower abdomen. It's a jacked up, crooked, toked looking smiley face.

Most of my scars are from the hips up, but I have a few odd ones on my legs as well. I've been fortunate not to break a lot of bones and do a lot of stupid things that resulted in scars. Not that I haven't done a lot of stupid things; they just didn't result in a lot of scarring.

[UofMfan]

My scars are not visible, for they are not on my body, they are in places few get to see.

These cars have given me plenty of character, but I doubt they will be the talk of any party.

[Linus]

I have a faint scar over one eye from when I was about 2-3 and I poked a Saint Bernard in the eye.

I have a scar on my right hand from when my mom pulled a coat hanger out of my hand.

I have a scar on my left calf from where a dog bite me while I was walking along the street.

I have a scar on my right leg from when I went down a street late one night (or early morning, depending on your view) and I tried to avoid a drunk pedestrian while I was on my bike. I went sliding along the pavement.

I have a new scar from when I went for a walk a couple of weeks ago and slipped on some rocks.

Some scars are character builders; some are battle scars; some are reminders of a painful past.

[afixer]

I've got two or three that invoke questions from time to time and far too many others to mention the details one by one...I'm just full of character.

[Sam]

i have one scar, my first surgery in transition
by years end i will have 2 more for my chest surgery.

character for me. self containing. being true to myself.

[afixer]

Originally Posted by afixer

I've got two or three that invoke questions from time to time ...

the one I picked up at 13 riding dirt bikes with the boys.
I attempted a jump over a fallen tree and it resulted in me landing on the gas tank with half of my labia minora.
I limped home with blood pouring from my crotch and my mother took one look at me and started her you're a woman now period spill.
I was given a pad and a speech and she never even looked at it. :sighs: