Every Scar Has a StoryProfessor Goddard wrapped up the class, “So remember, every scar has its own story. But sometimes the message gets lost with the passage of time.”
As was his wont, Goddard had wandered from the subject of human cultures to human actions. My first year at college was interesting, yet strangely impersonal. But Goddard’s parting remarks today struck close to home. My most prominent scar was to the psyche, and I recalled the story behind that scar vividly.
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Darvon Halter graduated high school a year ahead of me as a celebrated jock. I hadn’t fully appreciated the nature of my attraction to him until my junior year, when I noticed not only his handsome features, but also his appealing frame. I’d been aware of his hunky appearance all along but thought I was merel
